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Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

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Andy Burns wrote on Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:25:05 +0000 :

>> This is the second instance I am aware of where GPS location spoofing 
>> would be useful.
> 
> Is it actually an advantage, if you don't make use of it?

Do you ever check traffic near home while you're using your mobile device?
 <https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3572114,-121.9626943,12.68z>

Do you want to maintain your location privacy while checking that traffic?
 <https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3572114,-121.9626943,12z/data=!5m1!1e1>

I often check traffic using that Google web URL for my local Silicon Valley
area where at a glance I can easily tell the red from the green zones.

Since I'm familiar with my home area, a simple "color" glance tells me
which direction has less traffic (e.g., up 85 to 101 or up 880 to 101).

Why should I give Google my (so-called) "precise location" (or even my
course location) just to check the colors in that local traffic report?

With mock location (aka GPS fake location spoofing) we can tap on that web
URL to Google's web browser map interface to see Silicon Valley traffic.

And Google has no idea where we are (Firefox also, if we were to use it).
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Note that "precise location" requires spoofing Wi-Fi AP to report nothing.

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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

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