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| From | Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, alt.privacy |
| Subject | Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. |
| Date | 2024-12-02 23:15 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vilf20$3khci$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <vijd1r$a18$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <vijr6b$3775u$1@dont-email.me> <viks4a$3frd2$1@dont-email.me> <vil8ig$3iv30$1@dont-email.me> <vilahg$3jdcg$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote: > Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote: >> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote: >>>> Andrew <andys@nospam.com> wrote: >>>>> VanguardLH wrote on Sun, 1 Dec 2024 18:38:09 -0600 : >>>>> >>>>>> Me: "Which what GPS spoofing app do you use on your phone?" >>>>> >>>>> I can help answer all your questions, VanGuardLH, because not only am I an >>>>> extremely helpful person, but I've tested EVERY single free ad free mock >>>>> location app there is (and wrote about them on this ng many times). >>>>> >>>>> Given I've tested them all, it's likely perhaps that I probably know more >>>>> about GPS spoofing than anyone on this newsgroup, so I can help you too. >>>>> >>>> Since you mentioned VanGuardLH here, it provides me an excuse to bring up >>>> an annoing geolocation issue regarding the iOS version in the Vanguard app >>>> of the Vanguard Funds investment firm where I keep some of my self-managed >>>> 401K savings. >>>> >>>> Their app that is virtually identical on Android an iOS, does not allow >>>> download to locations outside of US claiming some security concerns. >>>> Interestingly though Vanguard allows the app to work anywhere as long as it >>>> was downloaded and installed in the US. This restriction does not apply to >>>> the Android version. So this means I cannot use the iOS version now because >>>> I bought my first iPhone in Hungary and tried to use the app on my iPhone >>>> 15. Luckily I can use the app on my old degraded Android phone that I >>>> brought with me from the US. But I don’t want to go back to that slow old >>>> phone, just for this reason. What is puzzling is that the iOS app would >>>> work here if it was installed in the US before leaving the country. >>>> I tried to fake my location to my old US residence via SurfShark VPN, but >>>> the AppStore could not be fooled with that. Interestingly, the AppStore >>>> does not have this restriction with a similar FldeIity funds app where I >>>> also keep part of my 401K savings. I wish you or somebody else could help >>>> me overcome this problem. >>> >>> This sounds like a Vanguard issue. Have you contacted them? >>> >> Yes, but the guys you get on the phone don’t know much about tech issues. >> They know about financial ones, mostly. > > They will have a tech team. Raise a support ticket. > This geofencing is a deliberate policy from Vanguard as the message indicated when I tried to download the app from the AppStore, so I doubt a tech guy would go against it, For whatever reason, they think the Apple platform is not secure for their app, but Android is. Go, figure.
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A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-11-29 14:10 -0800
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 01:11 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-11-30 03:56 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 04:22 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-11-29 21:12 -0800
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-11-30 07:57 +0100
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-11-30 07:16 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 10:57 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-02 09:48 +0100
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 16:24 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 17:36 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 18:13 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 19:08 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 13:35 -0700
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 06:51 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-03 08:40 -0700
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-12-02 10:11 -0800
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-12-02 23:52 +0100
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2024-12-02 16:42 -0700
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-29 21:32 -0600
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-29 21:35 -0600
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-30 08:37 -0600
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 13:46 -0500
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-30 14:55 -0600
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Isaac Montara <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> - 2024-12-01 17:47 -0500
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-01 18:38 -0600
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 04:28 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-02 08:30 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-02 17:52 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-02 21:24 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-02 21:58 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-02 23:15 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-03 02:51 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2024-12-03 08:02 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-03 17:39 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-12-02 10:08 -0800
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-02 19:22 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2024-11-29 21:01 -0800
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-11-30 02:14 -0600
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-11-30 09:36 +0100
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-11-30 10:25 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-11-30 11:12 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-11-30 11:36 +0000
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Bill Powell <bill@anarchists.org> - 2024-11-30 19:55 +0100
Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-11-30 12:41 +0100
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