How to disable geolocation?

[harshv5094]

I have a some question about geolocation.

1. How can I disable geolocation?
2. If yes, does it crash website performance?

[yokoffing]

You can disable Geolocation based on which OS you're using. You can also remove the URL for geo.provider.network.url:

Betterfox/Securefox.js

Lines 1495 to 1506 in fd29d4d

	// PREF: use alternative geolocation service instead of Google
	// [NOTE] Mozilla's geolocation service was discontinued in June 2024 [1].
	// BeaconDB is its replacement.
	// [1] https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065
	// [2] https://codeberg.org/beacondb/beacondb
	// [3] https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/378
	user_pref("geo.provider.network.url", "https://beacondb.net/v1/geolocate");
	// PREF: disable using the OS's geolocation service
	//user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // [WINDOWS]
	//user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // [MAC]
	//user_pref("geo.provider.use_geoclue", false); // [FF102+] [LINUX]

If yes, does it crash website performance?

Not to my knowledge.

[harshv5094]

@yokoffing I'll comment it out and see does it work? Well they'll find it out anyway because of IP address.

[yokoffing]

You can comment it out in the user.js, and go into about:config and remove the URL there.
Or leave the entry blank in the user.js, like this: user_pref("geo.provider.network.url", "");