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Re: geolocation services disabled and Gnome maps



On Thu, 2020-04-09 at 09:48 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 09 Apr 2020 at 07:49:46 (-0500), Anil F Duggirala wrote:
> > I am running Gnome 3 in Debian Buster. I am wondering why, even
> > though
> > my Location Services are set to Off (and has always been set to
> > Off),
> > when  I enter the Gnome Maps application, it determines and shows
> > my
> > location on the map.
> 
> Perhaps it simply looks up your IP address. Would I be right in
> thinking that you are located in your DC?
So. I right now physically in the beautiful city of Cali, Colombia. And
Gnome Maps is showing my location precise to about a 10 meter radius of
my actual location. That is my concern. Location Services are Off and
have never been turned on on this machine.


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