Re: geolocation services disabled and Gnome maps
On 2020-04-10, <tomas@tuxteam.de> <tomas@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.
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