GeoClue TZ: Privacy-First Linux Location Service

https://thoughts.greyh.at/posts/geoclue-tz/

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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Interesting. Possibly useful to some. I have also discovered that the simplest, most privacy-friendly way to update location is just to do it manually when you change location.

I have a simple script that does this by querying OpenStreetMap's Nominatim server with the city name. It feeds the resulting coordinates thru a Python library that deduces the timezone, and sets the system time to this.

Quail4789@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

EDIT: I'm so happy.

Cyber@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y

Ah, ok, got a little confused... GeoClue TZ is an improvement on GeoClue

I didn't even know this was a thing, I just dealt with this manually - now feeling a little silly.