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firefox: use beaconDB instead of Google when location services are used #6

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Firefox uses Google's Location Services now instead of their own

beaconDB now has an IP fallback so should it work OK for most uses in desktops

Firefox uses Google's Location Services now instead of their own beaconDB now has an IP fallback so should it work OK for most uses in desktops

it only has 17 million wifi access points so far, that is imo useless.

it only has 17 million wifi access points so far, that is imo useless.
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that's fair, https://beacondb.net/map hardly covers much if the user doesn't contribute around their area
but I don't really see anything else replacing Mozilla ATM 🤷🏻‍♀️ (other than commercial offers and proxies)

beaconDB should include the MLS cell export, plus the fallback for IP, plus the contributor data; in regular laptops/desktops though, it will probably only include IP, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth maybe.

AFAIK the options are:

  1. asking for an api key for Positon (which seems like way too much for brace, for what is just an apple nlp privacy-respecting proxy) (which is also going away if beaconDB gets big enough, https://positon.xyz/docs/#sla)
  2. go with beaconDB, but have sub-par coverage
  3. stay with Google as a default, which to be fair should only be used if location is triggered
  4. disable location completely
  5. use the OS provider (geoclue)?
that's fair, https://beacondb.net/map hardly covers much if the user doesn't contribute around their area but I don't really see anything else replacing Mozilla ATM 🤷🏻‍♀️ (other than commercial offers and proxies) beaconDB should include the MLS cell export, plus the fallback for IP, plus the contributor data; in regular laptops/desktops though, it will probably only include IP, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth maybe. AFAIK the options are: 1. asking for an api key for Positon (which seems like way too much for brace, for what is just an apple nlp privacy-respecting proxy) (which is also going away if beaconDB gets big enough, https://positon.xyz/docs/#sla) 2. go with beaconDB, but have sub-par coverage 3. stay with Google as a default, which to be fair should only be used if location is triggered 4. disable location completely 5. use the OS provider (geoclue)?
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