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Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

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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. 

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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

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