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Years ago, I remember CyanogenMod advertising that their "Privacy Guard" feature had something like a data spoof feature, where if an app surreptitiously reques
by AdmiralAsshat 9y ago
Years ago, I remember CyanogenMod advertising that their "Privacy Guard" feature had something like a data spoof feature, where if an app surreptitiously requested your location or info, the guard would feed it a dummy number, garbage location, etc.
I've dug around and it seems like this no longer exists, if it ever did. Privacy Guard now seems to just allow granular controls on what the apps are allowed to request.
If it doesn't exist already, someone should definitely work towards implementing something like it.
EDIT: I see that the related XPrivacy app has a menu option for "Fake Data", so maybe this is what I'm thinking of.
https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy#features https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy#features
- nothrabannosir 9y agoI'm way out of my depth here, but as far as I remember, this disappearing coincided with the introduction of Play services. Notably, determining location through WiFi endpoints nearby. I assumed spoofing location worked when getting location was simple, just GPS. But getting it through wifi and play services must have complicated everything a lot and made it harder to spoof from outside. But this is all pure conjecture.
- perlwle 9y agoI was excited when I first heard XPrivacy and tried to use it from 2015-2016. It worked as advertised but boy was it a hassle. I had a template XPrivacy setting which constantly broke app. It was too common to find apps requiring tons of permissions than they need and had to resort toggling the permission to see which work. I got fed up and switched to iPhone late last year. With iPhone, I can at least control which data to share with the app. With Android, I don't have control with either app or google. I feel relieved and have been recommending iPhone to family and friends if possible.