Public bug reported:
For Ubuntu 17.10, the Desktop Team would like to enable NetworkManager's
connectivity check (LP: #997200) to detect captive portals. This has
been supported by other GNOME distros for a couple years. Fedora in
particular makes it opt out which we plan to do also in Ubuntu.
This bug is a feature request to add an on/off switch for this
connectivity check to gnome-control-center. I suggest that it be added
to the Privacy panel although it might also work in the Network panel.
I think there are two ways the switch could work. It could either write
directly to a config file or it could use PackageKit to install or
uninstall the distro-specific package that contains the connectivity
config file. The advantage of the separate binary package is that it's
easy to install or uninstall it for people that don't use gnome-control-
center.
See the upstream bug for a bit more details.
** Affects: gnome-control-center
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: gnome-17.10
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #737362
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737362
** Also affects: gnome-control-center via
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737362
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Add on/off switch for network connectivity check
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