Re: geolocation services disabled and Gnome maps
On 2020-04-10, Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> wrote:
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>> > And GNOME Maps has this neat library as a dependency that can use
>> > geolocation regardless of the said setting.
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>> 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.
>
> I'm saying that it can. Too lazy to dig into the Javascript that GNOME
We were already aware that Gnome Maps was capable of geolocation (that
it uses X library to do so is orthogonal). The mystery to unravel (or
egregious bug to report) here is that the OP is being geolocated when he
has explicitly turned off that feature in his privacy settings.
> Maps is written. Explains the behaviour OP's seeing IMO.
> Reco
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