Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: sms Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing. Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:10:17 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: Reply-To: scharf.steven@geemail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 23:10:18 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c58d477d41c88a9df31d209aa735cf29"; logging-data="1338481"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19PUt9YqF0q7Znntmc7uT4A" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:VDYJoOOiCHt0R4R9CHI4m1d5JDg= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1889 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– 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."