Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

AJL wrote on Mon, 2 Dec 2024 16:24:51 -0000 (UTC) :

GPS spoofing can also be a safety thing for victims of abuse that have fled an abusive spouse and that want to prevent tracking.

 How many abused spouses would even have a clue on how to set that up?

How many people with plumbing repairs hire a plumber to do the dirty work?
All the "abusive spouse" needs to do is hire someone to track his/her
spouse, so the mere fact that they 'can be tracked' is the problem set.

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
 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...

Anyone with physical access to any computing device can add spyware to it.
Anyone with money can hire someone to add that spyware even without access.
The problem set is that you "can" be tracked; not that it takes knowledge
to do it, which is a reason Apple tracking was reviled earlier this year.
 *Apple Geolocation API Exposes Wi-Fi Access Points Worldwide*
 <https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/apple-geolocation-api-exposes-wi-fi-access-points-worldwide>