Advanced privacy - Hiding location on one user hiding location for all other users
- /e/ version: 1.12.3-dev
- Device model(s): Android 12 Xiaomi poco f1 "beryllium"
- Developer mode enabled: no
- Device rooted: no
- Trackers blocker enabled: yes
Summary
Advanced privacy – Hiding location blocks traffic for other users. The following issue, breaks the whole purpose of the hide my location feature.
The problem
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new user, settings > system, Multiple users > turn on and create a new user.
- Login into the new user, set the hide my location
- Turn on the Location.
- Logout from new user and come back to the main user (owner)
- Open any navigation app, now the location will be set to what has been set in the new user.
What is the current behavior?
Setting Hide my location for one user, effects all the users of that phone.
What is the expected correct behavior?
Advance privacy should be separated, and each user should be able to set his sets of configurations, which shouldn't affect other users of this phone
Solutions
Workaround
When the issue happens, the only thing which could help is -
- Turn off the hide my location from the new user
- Login to the main user (owner)
- Restart at lest 2 times the phone
- After rest, the location of the main user becomes accurate
Or
- Turn off multiple users and reboot the phone 2 times. (1 time could be not enough)
Possible fixes
Separate the access to the internet with VLANs from each user.