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Really love how GNOME Settings links to this excellent page on Mozilla’s privacy policy for location data.

#GNOME #Mozilla #location #data #privacy

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, this is because Mozilla Location Services is dead (I guess it wasn’t AI enough). And now GNOME are considering Google – because, why not? Nothing wrong with Google, amirite?

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/113198524101269641

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] You seem to be a bit harsh here. What could Mozilla have done to not be sued by what seems to be a patent troll? And what alternative location service should Gnome rather move to? I hate Google, but AFAIK there are no real alternative. Have I missed any? Personally I think they should probably rather not have a location service at all rather than use Google, but I can understand that some might think it's necessary to support it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@[email protected] I’m on 46.4 – so they likely removed that.

Is Google implemented in 47?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected] 🤷 (I never use this kind of service)