Public bug reported:
visit a web page that requests your current location, for example http
://where-am-i.net it prompts to get permission to share the current
location, hit allow and it will probably show where you were a few hours
ago as the GPS will have a cached location. Refreshing won't update the
location, only applications that subscribe to updates cause the GPS to
get a new location.
The problem here is that I authorised the web page to know where I am
now. I am OK with giving my current position to the web page requesting
it. I *didn't* authorise it to know where I was yesterday or this
morning, and I might have reasons to not want it to know where my house
is, even though I am fine with it knowing where I am right now.
The web browser app should not reveal GPS locations that are older than
the decision to allow location to be shared with the page.
** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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browser leaks old location data to web pages
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