How to Turn Off Location Service?
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 6:07 am
Hi,
I went on a site, and it asked me for my location, and curiously, I allowed and BOOM! It revealed my location.
Why is Location turned on by Default in MX Linux?
How to turn off Location Services from MX Linux?
Here are my System Info:
I went on a site, and it asked me for my location, and curiously, I allowed and BOOM! It revealed my location.
Why is Location turned on by Default in MX Linux?
How to turn off Location Services from MX Linux?
Here are my System Info:
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-23-amd64 [6.1.99-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-23-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.3_x64 Libretto May 19 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506LI_FX506LI v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FX506LI v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: FX506LI.310 date: 11/26/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 34.0/48.1 Wh (70.6%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.7
model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake gen: core 10 level: v3
note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xFA
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 39999
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:9bc4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 535.183.01 non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f95 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:3
chip-ID: 13d3:56a2 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1521 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-23-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
sub-v: 200f hci-v: 5.2 rev: 200f
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 725.13 GiB (62.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: HP model: SSD EX900 Pro 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 52A8T27D temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 137.11 GiB size: 133.9 GiB (97.66%) used: 79.88 GiB (59.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 29.2 MiB (0.7%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 62.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2396 libs: 1203 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list
1: deb [arch="all", signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:
Processes: 277 Uptime: 27m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.59 GiB used: 2.28 GiB (30.0%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 11/12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
