On Fri 10 Apr 2020 at 16:11:16 (-0000), Curt wrote: > On 2020-04-10, <to...@tuxteam.de> <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > > >> So you're saying that Gnome Maps *uses* the geolocation library even in > >> the case of a user who has explicitly turned that "feature" off in his > >> privacy settings, in blatant disregard of those settings? > >> That is really an egregious bug, then, and should be reported. > > > Perhaps just a misunderstanding, and Gnome simply calls > > "geolocation" to call into whatever API thingmajig your > > smartphone offers to query the GPS+plus+cell-tower position > > determination Rube Goldbergism? Falling back to Ip based > > guessing when that fails (or is disallowed)? > > > > I just don't know. > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/privacy-location.html.en > > Geolocation, or location services, uses cell tower positioning, GPS, and > nearby Wi-Fi access points to determine your current location for use in > setting your timezone and by applications such as Maps. When enabled, it > is possible for your location to be shared over the network with a great > deal of precision. > > Turn off the geolocation features of your desktop > Open the Activities overview and start typing Privacy. > > Click on Privacy to open the panel. > > Switch the Location Services switch to off. > > To re-enable this feature, set the Location Services switch to on.
Having all those other methods (cells/GPS/wifi) available is why I'm asking for information, rather than beliefs, from the OP. Whether they have a privacy leak would be revealed. There's nothing to prevent anybody from "determining" a machine's location from its IP address when it's used to post to a public forum. Even "Columbia" seemed to surprise the OP, yet their timezone is enough to suggest western South America if not central North America (currently DST). Cheers, David.
