What is the "Location Services". How to disable it on a per-user or on a system-wide basis?

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Issue

  • In GNOME settings, there is Location Services setting. What is this?
  • How to disable Location Services for my sessions?
  • How to disable Location Services system-wide, regardless of user preferences?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • geoclue
  • systemd

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