XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: cameo@unreal.invalid   
      
   Chris  wrote:   
   > Cameo  wrote:   
   >> Chris  wrote:   
   >>> 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?   
   >>>   
   >> 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, For whatever reason, they think the Apple   
   platform is not secure for their app, but Android is. Go, figure.   
      
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