FireFox 52 - how to disable location services (setting geo.enabled to False doesn't work)

Hello all,

I've recently installed FF 52 (my older FF 16 didn't have the demanded
encryption levels anymore, and I saw no way to upgrade them), and have a
number problems with it. One of them is that it is a blabbermouth, and I
can't seem to be able to completely shut it up.

First point in case: "location.services.mozilla.com"

Even though I've set, in "about:config" the entry "geo.enabled" to False and
I cannot find any other settings for it, it *still* (tries to) connect to
it.

Second point in case: "tiles.services.mozilla.com"

For this I've even set all the "browser.newtabpage" booleans to false, and
it *still* (tries to) connect to it.

Does anyone have any idea how to kill this "connect to the mothership"
behaviour ?


The preferred solution would be that *all* the "phoning home" is set to Off,
after which I than can switch the settings/services I think I need to On
(and wil get informed that that will need some "phoning home").

A super-duper cherry-on-top would be that these settings (somehow) become
default, so that when I create another profile I do not need to go thru the
whole dance again.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

P.s.
FF 52 seems to be a slow beast in comparision to FF 16. Both in starting up
(even after the first time of the day) as well as in "inspect element".
Anything I can do about either ?