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Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

From	Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android, alt.privacy
Subject	Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.
Date	2024-12-03 17:39 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<vinfoj$7jat$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
> 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, 

I would be interested to see this security message. 

> For whatever reason, they think the Apple
> platform is not secure for their app, but Android is. Go, figure.

It sounds like a company policy based on ignorance or an error on one of
the platforms.

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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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