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Any fake location app that fakes travelling too? (lemmy.today)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by admin@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.locationchanger

It gets the job done, but it's proprietary — is there any open-source equivalent of that?

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[–] infjarchninja@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago

There is an option in the developer options to enable a fake location app.

https://github.com/lilstiffy/MockGps

Ideally you would want to remove your carrier sim. your carrier will know you are in a different country (roaming), and use a good VPN

I use mullvad VPN and that spoofs my GPS and location.

I use Lineage on my current phone with no google apps and dont use a fake location app.

If you are using a default, we love google phone, I am not sure if disabling the gps and location stops google and its apps from having access to your location data.

I dont trust them to honour the pressing of a button to disable anything, when location and advertising is so important to them, and their other surveillance friends