Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

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From	Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
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Subject	Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.
Date	Mon, 2 Dec 2024 23:15:12 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

Thread

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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