I-Mozilla imemezele isinqumo sokuvala iphrojekthi ye-MLS (Mozilla Location Service), okuthe kusukela ngo-2013 ibithuthukisa insizakalo yomphakathi ukuze ithole indawo esekelwe olwazini olumayelana nezindawo zokufinyelela ze-Wi-Fi ezaziwayo (ezibophezela ku-BSSID/MAC), iziteshi eziyisisekelo ze-Wi-Fi. opharetha beselula (okubophezela ku-Cell-ID) namakheli e-IP akhishelwe obhalisile (GeoIP). Isevisi yenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukunquma indawo eseduze kumephu ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amasistimu wokuzulazula ngesathelayithi njenge-GPS ne-GLONASS.
Kusukela ngo-2019, amandla ale nsizakalo abe ncane ngenxa yezinsolo zokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi ngokumelene neSkyhook Holdings kanye nesivumelwano sangaphandle kwenkantolo lapho iMozilla yabeka khona umkhawulo wezingcingo ze-API eziyi-100 ngosuku kumaphrojekthi ezentengiselwano. Le mikhawulo yaholela ekutheni iphrojekthi yeSailfish ishiye i-MLS kanye nokulahlekelwa ukukhanga kwe-MLS emehlweni eMozilla. Kodwa-ke, i-MLS yaqhubeka nokusetshenziswa yiphrojekthi ye-microG kanye nezinsizakalo eziningi ezihlukile. Android-firmware esikhundleni sesevisi yendawo yenethiwekhi ye-Google eyimfihlo.
Ukuthambekela kokwehla okuqhubekayo kokunemba kwendawo ye-MLS kanye nokuntula isifiso sokukhulisa utshalomali noma ukuvuselela uhlelo lwe-MozStumbler kubalulwe njengesizathu sokufa kwephrojekthi. Isizindalwazi esinezixhumanisi ezixhunywe eziteshini eziyisisekelo namanethiwekhi e-Wi-Fi sagcwaliswa ngenxa yezenzo zabashisekayo abafake uhlelo lweselula lwe-MozStumbler kuma-smartphones abo.
Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-MozStumbler lwaluxhunywe nensizakalo ye-stumbler eyayiyingxenye ye-Firefox endala ye- Android kuze kube yinguqulo engu-69, eyathathelwa indawo ngo-2020 yinguqulo entsha yeselula yesiphequluli, ebizwa nge-codename Fenix. Ekuqaleni kuka-2021, ukuthuthukiswa kwe-MozStumbler kwamiswa, futhi uhlelo lokusebenza aluzange lulungiswe ukuze lusetshenziswe Android Izinguqulo ezintsha zeplatifomu eziyi-10 noma ngaphezulu. Njengamanje, ukugeleza kwedatha entsha kusizindalwazi se-MLS sekucishe kuphele, futhi ukubaluleka kolwazi kushiya okuningi okungafiseleki.
Kuhlongozwa uhlelo olulandelayo lokukhubaza kancane kancane isevisi:
- Kusukela ngomhlaka-13 Mashi, ukukhishwa kokhiye abasha bokufinyelela ku-API kumisiwe.
- Ngomhla zingama-27 kuNdasa, ukwamukelwa kwezicelo zedatha ye-POST nge-API kuzomiswa, futhi ukushicilelwa kwezindawo ezintsha zokulahlwa kolwazi ukuze zithunyelwe kwamanye amasistimu nakho kuzomiswa.
- Ngomhla ka-April 10, konke ukulahlwa kwesizindalwazi okushicilelwe ngaphambilini kuzosuswa futhi ngeke kusatholakalela ukulandwa.
- Ngomhla ka-Juni 12, bonke okhiye bokufinyelela be-API bazosuswa, ngaphandle kokhiye abasetshenziswe kumaphrojekthi we-Mozilla.
- Ngomhla zingama-31 kuJulayi, inqolobane enekhodi yesikhulumi izodluliselwa ku-GitHub ngemodi yokufaka kungobo yomlando. Kulabo abafisa ukuvuselela isevisi futhi bayigcine bebodwa, ikhodi yomthombo yenkundla ye-Mozilla Ichnaea, engaphansi kwe-MLS, izohlala itholakala ngaphansi kwe-Apache License 2.0.
Source: opennet.ru
