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microG UnifiedNLP location service may not work as expected in /e/OS

  • /e/ version: any
  • Device model(s): any
  • Device rooted: no

Summary

UnifiedNLP location may not work as expected anymore

The problem

I have been informed by a researcher on privacy, that no traffic had been detected to Mozilla servers on /e/OS using geolocation.

A check to Mozilla Location Services at https://location.services.mozilla.com/ shows that they request an API key to use their service (which I wasn't aware of).

Also some people regularly report issues with geolocation, that sometimes is very slow to update or doesn't work at all.

I personnally had issues on some devices after installation, where no location was available after several hours, until I went outdoor to be able to use GPS.

@rhunault

Edited by Gaël Duval