Re: Was Google Location Accuracy (now is How to Spoof Wi-Fi Location)

On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:39:21 -0000 (UTC), Andrews <andrews@spam.net>
wrote:

Andrews wrote on Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:47:36 -0000 (UTC) :
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How do you spoof Wi-Fi location on Android?

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I realized while answering Andy's questions that what is needed is not to
"spoof" any particular Wi-Fi access point location, but to zero it out.
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That is, any app that requires Wi-Fi access point information would get
nothing so the app would have to fall back on GPS information instead.
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Which can easily be spoofed.
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Note: You don't use this stuff when you're routing; you use it for apps
like a weather app that don't really need your exact location but they
require it for the app to work (because they're mining your data).
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So the question morphs to:
How to we make sure ZERO Wi-Fi access point data is utilized
when precise location is turned on with Google Location Accuracy?

I'm wondering if carrying a Wi-Fi access point around with you might
offer some benefits.  Most (not all) Wi-Fi protocols allow only allow
your phone to join only one wi-fi network at a time.  The older
protocols have this useful limitation.  Later protocols, such as those
which support seamless roaming, can connect to more than one access
point.  
<https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/2097/>
Pre-authenticating, which requires joining more than one wi-fi network
at a time, might also be a problem.  For example, the phone could
properly connect your pocket wi-fi access point, and then go wandering
off and roam to some other access point, which is connected to the
internet, in the hope of finding an access point with an internet
connection.

If your phone is connected to a wi-fi access point that is under your
control and is NOT connected to the internet, all the access point can
do is provide your position when it last connected to the internet. In
other words, instead of zero location data, give Google old or
erroneous location data.

Reminder.  I'm retired and am not keeping up to date on such things. I
also don't have the time and resources to investigate this further.  I
have no plans to do any testing.  Also, thank you for the long lists
of URL's on the topic.  I'm sure these would make interesting reading,
but right now, I'm dealing with other projects and have other
priorities.




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