XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Cameo  wrote:   
   > Andrew  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?   
      
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