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   Jeff Liebermann to All   
   Re: Was Google Location Accuracy (now is   
   27 Oct 24 12:02:27   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: jeffl@cruzio.com   
      
   On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:16:12 -0000 (UTC), Andrews    
   wrote:   
      
   >PS: I wish the famous Jeff Lieberman (of a.i.w fame) knew about   
   >    Android what he knows about routers and access points! :)   
      
   I've been retired from active involvement in such things since I   
   closed my former palatial office in late 2020.  I'm still doing   
   repairs and helping the locals with their PC problems.  I haven't been   
   able to put much time and effort into staying up to date because most   
   of my experience and research went through my now closed office.  I   
   still read a few Usenet newsgroups, which is how I blundered across   
   this thread.  Sorry, but I know nothing about spoofing a wi-fi   
   generated location on an Android phone.  I doubt that location   
   information is sent back to some spy agency via wi-fi where it might   
   be intercepted at a router or access point.  If they are using wi-fi,   
   one should be able to see NMEA 0183 data using Wireshark, which I only   
   see with GPS trackers.   
      
   If you really want to track your location, without butchering your   
   phone or having an evil spy agency looking over your shoulder, maybe   
   disabling your GPS (with some aluminum foil shielding), plugging in an   
   external USB hockey puck GPS receiver, and running your own server   
   might be an option:   
      
   You will not be able to benefit from cell tower location accuracy   
   enhancements, but with improved WAAS and additional satellite   
   constellations, you should be ok.  The hard part will be to find an   
   Android mapping app that accepts external (USB) NMEA 0183 data.   
      
   Good luck with whatever you're trying to accomplish.   
      
   --   
   Jeff Liebermann                 jeffl@cruzio.com   
   PO Box 272      http://www.LearnByDestroying.com   
   Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272   
   Skype: JeffLiebermann      AE6KS    831-336-2558   
      
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