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system_settings_location_services_disable Disable Location Services

NIST macOS Security Compliance Project Sequoia Guidance, Revision 4.0 (be5491f)
All changes in this version
first version loaded System Settings

Title

Disable Location Services

Control

/usr/bin/sudo -u _locationd /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript << EOS
$.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.locationd')\
.objectForKey('LocationServicesEnabled').js
EOS

Discussion

Location Services _MUST_ be disabled.

The information system _MUST_ be configured to provide only essential capabilities. Disabling Location Services helps prevent the unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, and unauthorized tunneling.

Related controls

cm-7, cm-7.1, sc-7.10

Fix

[source,bash]
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/usr/bin/defaults write /var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled -bool false;
pid=$(/bin/launchctl list | /usr/bin/awk '/com.apple.locationd/ { print $1 }')
kill -9 $pid
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