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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1522455/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp