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[David Barth <david.barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed, the Location plugin in System settings does /hide/ unconfined
entries, because:
1. there is no way to get back to the actual application desktop file to
display its name and icon: we just know that an undefined "unconfined"
application was granted access
2. in theory unconfined applications can bypass the location service to
obtain the information they want; so an on/off toggle would give a false
sense of control


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, I was wrong, after reseting the db, I can see that while the
> location service does incorrectly prompt, system settings does not show
> it. This is somewhat worse than I thought because if you choose the
> wrong thing with the location trust store, you cannot undo it (without
> resetting the db). Marking system settings task as invalid.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - 'unconfined' should be precached and not listed under 'Location access'
> (or 'Other app access')
> + 'unconfined' should be precached for trusted helpers
>
> ** Changed in: location-service (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Critical
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> - If I go to Location access under Security & Privacy, I have an entry in
> - the list that is blank which corresponds to 'unconfined' ('unconfined'
> - should be precached to default to 'allow' anyway).
> -
>   We should not prompt the user for unconfined or allow the user to adjust
>   entries for 'unconfined' processes in System Settings since this might
>   break things in unexpected ways. Marking as Critical and for rtm14
>   because this is user facing, confusing to have a blank entry, can lead
> - to unexpected behavior, it should be trivial to filter this out in
> - system settings and because it should be easy to precache this.
> + to unexpected behavior, and because it should be easy to precache this.
>
>   Steps to reproduce (this resets the location trust-store db):
>   1. $ stop ubuntu-location-service-trust-stored
>   2. mv ~/.local/share/UbuntuLocationService/trust.db
> ~/.local/share/UbuntuLocationService/trust.db.bak
>   3. $ start ubuntu-location-service-trust-stored
>   4. launch webbrowser-app (it is unconfined)
>   5. navigate to maps.google.com. it will prompt to access location
> (browser prompt). Say yes
>
>   At this point I am presented with a trust session prompt:
>   "unconfined
>
>   An unconfined application wants to access your current location.
>
>   Deny
>
>   Allow"
>
>   6. tap 'Allow'
>
>   This adds the following to the trust store:
>   3|unconfined|0|1411758762544069109|1
>
>   location service shouldn't be prompting for this for the reasons
>   outlined above. Adding location-service task.
>
>   This will likely affect camera and mic in 'Other app access'.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374577
>
> Title:
>   'unconfined' should be precached for trusted helpers
>
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374577

Title:
  'unconfined' should be precached for trusted helpers

Status in “location-service” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  We should not prompt the user for unconfined or allow the user to
  adjust entries for 'unconfined' processes in System Settings since
  this might break things in unexpected ways. Marking as Critical and
  for rtm14 because this is user facing, confusing to have a blank
  entry, can lead to unexpected behavior, and because it should be easy
  to precache this.

  Steps to reproduce (this resets the location trust-store db):
  1. $ stop ubuntu-location-service-trust-stored
  2. mv ~/.local/share/UbuntuLocationService/trust.db ~/.local/share/UbuntuLocationService/trust.db.bak
  3. $ start ubuntu-location-service-trust-stored
  4. launch webbrowser-app (it is unconfined)
  5. navigate to maps.google.com. it will prompt to access location (browser prompt). Say yes

  At this point I am presented with a trust session prompt:
  "unconfined

  An unconfined application wants to access your current location.

  Deny

  Allow"

  6. tap 'Allow'

  This adds the following to the trust store:
  3|unconfined|0|1411758762544069109|1

  location service shouldn't be prompting for this for the reasons
  outlined above. Adding location-service task.

  This will likely affect camera and mic in 'Other app access'.

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