When a new note is created, why does Joplin make requests to internet?

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When a new note is created, why does Joplin make requests to internet?!

208.95.112.1:80 SYN_SENT 1000 7398943 23415/app --node-in

Would be great to understand the why.

Note: my synchronization target is file system.

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Maybe you have geolocation turned on? Joplin uses an external service to get the GPS coordinates. This feature can be turned off.

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I will check it. Thanks

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It should be a request to freegeoip.app

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Hi @Laurent,
what is freegeoip.app used for? I've seen it was a Renderer connecting action.
I've blocked it with Little Snitch (Mac OS).

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Joplin attaches your current location to every new note you create. You can turn it off in settings.

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Thank you @roman_r_m
I did a mistake on activating this setting, because a misunderstanding the meaning of the french term.

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I guess the translation is not that good indeed - "Enregistrer l'emplacement avec les notes". Any suggestion on what would be clearer?

It's one of those things that seems easier to express in English than in French.

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Hi @Laurent,
refering to WordPress glossary, you could see that ā€˜locationā€™ is translated by ā€˜localisationā€™.
See here
I myself understood ā€˜emplacementā€™ as referring to the selected note, or even to the cursor position in a note.

What do you think about ā€˜geo-localisationā€™, which is used on GPS or smartphones?

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Yes that makes sense, and thereā€™s even a Wikipedia article for this term so letā€™s use ā€œgĆ©olocalisationā€.

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