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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 23:52:24 +0100
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AJL, 2024-12-02 17:24:

> On 12/2/24 1:48 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
[...]
>> Only, if that "abusive spouse" knows how to do the tracking. Without
>> permission no one can just track others people phones. And if the
>> "abusive spouse" works at a telecommunication provider he may have the
>> location without any GPS at all, since the mobile network base stations
>> always know what devices are near them.
> 
> My wife's iPhone is easy to track from any browser of any device. For
[...]

But only because you or your wife have set this up once.

>  example I sometimes use this Amazon Fire tablet I'm posting with to check
>  on her location when she's late getting home. Course I do have the account
>  password since I've always controlled the family electronics. And I suspect
>  an abusive spouse could easily do the same thing, no fancy-dancy
>  electronics or tracking experience needed... 

As I said - one has to know how to do it. If I would have to deal with a
bad ex partner the first thing I would do is to change all my account
passwords and get personal accounts for my own as well.


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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de