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A question for the Android experts: is it possible to block or spoof location data, through a custom build? Could I have an Android phone running a program that spoofs a long steady drive from Tampa to Butte?
Using it as a daily driver is not advisable though.
A question for the Android experts: is it possible to block or spoof location data, through a custom build? Could I have an Android phone running a program that spoofs a long steady drive from Tampa to Butte?
Many of the apps that sell your location use location as a critical component of the experience. Apple and Google added a permission last year - only allow access to location when app is running (in the foreground). That change has made a dramatic reduction in the amount of location data available. Ultimately, free is the culprit. People like to navigate, buy stuff online, see things on a map, get local weather, and…
I don't get this argument when an alternative doesn't exist.
A question for the Android experts: is it possible to block or spoof location data, through a custom build? Could I have an Android phone running a program that spoofs a long steady drive from Tampa to Butte?
On a custom ROM, sure. That's why games like Pokemon Go blocked them. Using it as a daily driver is not advisable though.
Android has built in support for location spoofing with the developer mode option, select mock location app.
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On a custom ROM, sure. That's why games like Pokemon Go blocked them. Using it as a daily driver is not advisable though.
At worst, having root should be the most that's required, which only on some phones requires a custom rom. Android has built in support for location spoofing with the developer mode option, select mock location app.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Loc...
What I don’t get about this kind of thing is that it’s not just shady data resellers you’ve never heard of. It’s also overt, high profile, branded tech companies like Foursquare and Yelp, with huge amassed data sets of foot traffic, wifi scans, battery status, often paired with demographic info or data that can be joined by ad IDs or commercial device graphs. If these companies are able to keep on truckin’ with massi…
Many of the apps that sell your location use location as a critical component of the experience. Apple and Google added a permission last year - only allow access to location when app is running (in the foreground). That change has made a dramatic reduction in the amount of location data available. Ultimately, free is the culprit. People like to navigate, buy stuff online, see things on a map, get local weather, and…
Then allow me to pay if I want to? I don't get this argument when an alternative doesn't exist.