Bug#978091: buster-pu: package geoclue-2.0/2.5.2-1
Control: tags -1 + confirmed
On Fri, 2020-12-25 at 22:29 +0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> There are currently several issues with geoclue-2.0 in debian buster:
>
> 1) The daemon is not respecting the user choice to not query the
> location, that could be seen as a privacy/GDPR breach as it contacts
> MLS
> and sends data (ESSID,..) to them without explicit approval. This is
> only happening for "system" (non-flatpak) applications.
>
> 2) The indicator (in the gnome-shell,...) showing that geoclue is
> active
> and looking for the location of the computer is never turned on.
>
> 3) This version of geoclue is using a generic Mozilla Location
> service
> API key, Mozilla would like us to use a dedicated key for geoclue in
> debian: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues/136
>
Please go ahead.
Regards,
Adam
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