XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: andys@nospam.com   
      
   sms wrote on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:10:17 -0800 :   
      
   > A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.   
   >   
   > Yesterday we were driving to San Francisco from Silicon Valley and I   
   > told my son to get us on the wait list for a popular restaurant.   
   >   
   > He tried, but the Yelp wait list app uses geofencing and you can't sign   
   > up on the wait list unless you're within a certain distance from the   
   > restaurant, apparently five miles, and we were about 15 miles away.   
   >   
   > My son has an iPhone. I said to him "well on Android..." and he   
   > interrupted me and said, "yes, I know what you're going to say, GPS   
   > location spoofing."   
   >   
   > This is the second instance I am aware of where GPS location spoofing   
   > would be useful. The other is to try to get a two-day advance permit to   
   > hike "The Wave:" "Two days before desired entry¡V Apply using your phone   
   > or other mobile device between 6 AM and 6 PM Utah time two days before   
   > the desired entry date on recreation.gov. You must be within the   
   > designated geofenced area to apply."   
      
   Steve is correct that you can't do something even this simple on iOS.   
      
   And yet, it's extremely useful for anyone, even as nospam would say it's   
     *not needed*   &    *not wanted*   
   Simply because Apple doesn't have the technical knowhow to implement it.   
      
   In fact, this native GPS location spoofing can be used whenever a program   
   or web site "thinks" it needs your location - where I use it mostly because   
   some programs require GPS location when they don't actually "need" it.   
      
   For example, graphical Wi-Fi & cellular debuggers "require" your GPS radio   
   to be on, but you know where you are - so they don't actually "need" it.   
      
   But you have to give them your location - so - you spoof it. Here's how:   
    1. Download a mock-location app   
    2. Turn on Developer options   
    3. Set the mock-location app   
    4. Run the app   
      
   The mock-location app I use most is Lexa but there are many to choose from.   
   I chose Lexa as the Skyica App Finder lists it as the best rated, but other   
   apps will spoof Wi-Fi providers too, and other apps will move along a road,   
   etc., which I found when I tested every Android fake-GPS app a while ago.   
      
   Fake GPS location by Lexa   
       
      
   Fake GPS Location - LocaEdit   
       
      
   Mocation Fake Location by Rasfar   
       
      
   DS Fake GPS Location by Disciple Skies   
       
      
   Mock Location and More by Vyrazu Labs   
       
      
   Cartage - Fake GPS Location by Mock Applications   
       
      
   Fake GPS: Location spoofer   
       
      
   AnyGo GPS Spoofer: Fake GPS   
       
      
   Mock Loc   
       
      
   Fake GPS Location Spoofer by Fast Video Downloads   
       
      
   Movable Mock GPS by Tomer Brosh   
       
      
   GPS Locker Fake your location by Foxbyte Code   
       
      
   Fake GPS Phone Location by Selfie Photo Editor   
       
      
   GPS Spoofer MH Tool - Loc Spoof by liqiyu   
       
      
   GPS Location Change - Joystick by LovMoMo   
       
      
   AnyGo-AnyTo Change Location by dcxhwsj   
       
      
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