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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The location settings appear during initial setup, so they were tested
as part of a prototype for the setup last September. It turned out to be
one of the steps that people had most trouble with, saying things like
"Wow There’s a lot of words on this page, this is GPS right?". For that
reason, I'm working on making the location settings simpler rather than
more complex.

It's implausible to me that a non-trivial number of Ubuntu users would
be happy to disclose their Wi-Fi and cell tower info, but not happy with
sharing their IP address, or vice versa. And for everyone else it would
be a reduction in understandability, and an opportunity cost of
reliability and more useful features. So, I'm going to say no to this.

** Changed in: ubuntu-ux
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522455

Title:
  Add settings to control geoip usage for location

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Won't Fix
Status in indicator-location package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When location detection is enabled geoip is used by default. Unlike
  the other methods there is no separate control provided to enable and
  disable its use. This should be added to the Security and Privacy >
  Location  panel and to the wizard.

  This somewhat complicates the options. 
  Use GPS only
  Use GPS with Geoip (default)
  Use GPS, Wifi, etc (opt in)

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