Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoofing.

AJL, 2024-12-02 17:24:

On 12/2/24 1:48 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:

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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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