hello Ben, all the permissions are getting explained in How does Firefox for Android use the permissions it requests?

this permission in particular is used for the [mozilla location service https://location.services.mozilla.com] which is only active on an opt-in basis, so you won't have to switch anything off if don't want to use that...

philipp said

hello Ben, all the permissions are getting explained in How does Firefox for Android use the permissions it requests?

Hi Philipp I am also very concerned about the new permissions "view Wi-Fi connections" and "connect and disconnect from WiFi", and have not updated Fx because of them. I can't see any mention of these new permissions at the link you have given above. Are you saying they are only used for location services? If I permanently disable geolocation in about:config, will Fx stop sending info to Google geolocation services? Thanks, petef

hello petef, the article will show information based on the firefox version you are on, so it will explain the permissions of the current version you're on. as mentioned before, the view wifi connections permission is used for the mozilla location service which is not active unless you opt-in to it. also in regards to the html geolocation API (which uses google's location service), there will be a doorhanger panel asking you permission to send this data to google each time a website wants to make use of that.

the permission to toggle wifi on/off is also used for the network error page - firefox will allow you to turn on wifi directly from there if you don't have any connection (see screenshot).

Hello philipp. Thanks, you have explained all. petef