Updated upstream bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues/136, opened 20 OCT 2020
Looks like the Mozilla MLS maintainer has proposed to deprecate the default key in order to force downstreams to get their own keys: >From the linked bug: "My proposal is to deprecate the default key in Geoclue and give downstream users a good window (1 year?) in which to apply for their own MLS keys. Any Gnome or OSS apps that currently rely on Geoclue would effectively be rubber-stamped when they applied for their own MLS keys. At the end of the deprecation window, Mozilla would throttle the old key at a suitable threshold (probably 1M requests/day) so that old/unmaintained apps in the wild wouldn't be completely unsupported." ** Bug watch added: gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues #136 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues/136 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to geoclue-2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826290 Title: geoclue mozilla location api key rate limited Status in geoclue-2.0 package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I am using Ubuntu 19.04 geoclue version: 0.12.99-4ubuntu2 geoclue2 version: 2.5.2-1ubuntu1 The key used by geoclue in ubuntu to access the mozilla location service appears to be rate limited. Here's the relevant lines in /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf # URL to the wifi geolocation service. The key can currenty be anything, just # needs to be present but that is likely going to change in future. url=https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=geoclue The comment is wrong, using an invalid key gives a 400 error. $ curl https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate\?key=random_key {"error":{"code":400,"message":"Missing or invalid API key.","errors":[{"domain":"usageLimits","message":"Missing or invalid API key.","reason":"keyInvalid"}]}}% Using the current key gives a limit reached error $ curl https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate\?key=geoclue {"error":{"code":403,"message":"You have exceeded your daily limit.","errors":[{"domain":"usageLimits","message":"You have exceeded your daily limit.","reason":"dailyLimitExceeded"}]}}% To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/geoclue-2.0/+bug/1826290/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
