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Clickbait. User explicitly shares location to all people nearby, discovers it is accessible to all people. Feature is disabled by default, and user must find t

by ffpip 6y ago

Clickbait. User explicitly shares location to all people nearby, discovers it is accessible to all people. Feature is disabled by default, and user must find this and enable it. They are not even prompted to enable it unless they seek it.

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dafoex 6y ago
They also say you need root to software spoof your location, but I thought you could do this without root using Mock Locations in developer options. I'm not sure if that's just an oversight, but it makes me think they aren't exactly familiar with Android as a whole.
- budafish 6y ago
  Correct, spoofing can be done with the "FakeGPS Free" app and developer options. Or via an emulator.
  - maple3142 6y ago
    If you just want to spoof location, you only need to use the setting in developer options, but this is detectable by apps. For example, Ingress or Pokemon GO will refuse to work when it is enabled, so to actually spoof location on some apps, root is needed.
koonsolo 6y ago
Most users will not conclude from "sharing how nearby" people are, that someone could pinpoint exactly where they live by triangulating. Unless Telegram does some extra steps to prevent exact locations (see other threads here), they should name it "share my location" instead of "show nearby users".
- wruza 6y ago
  Apparently that's what they do, at least on iOS: People nearby. Quickly add people nearby who are also viewing this section and discover local group chats. Please allow on location access to enable this feature. "Allow in settings" (a button) Then you see a system location access dialog. iOS allows to choose between (always, when in use, nope) and optionally to turn off "high precision" setting (not sure how much, but it covers entire city when off). Then you may tap another button named "Make myself visible". I didn't, but a list of nearby users/groups was populated regardless.
- ajsnigrutin 6y ago
  Yep, users usually expect a (eg.) 1km gradient (less than 1km, 1km, 2km,...), and not precise location.

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dafoex 6y ago

They also say you need root to software spoof your location, but I thought you could do this without root using Mock Locations in developer options. I'm not sure if that's just an oversight, but it makes me think they aren't exactly familiar with Android as a whole.

budafish 6y ago
Correct, spoofing can be done with the "FakeGPS Free" app and developer options. Or via an emulator.
- maple3142 6y ago
  If you just want to spoof location, you only need to use the setting in developer options, but this is detectable by apps. For example, Ingress or Pokemon GO will refuse to work when it is enabled, so to actually spoof location on some apps, root is needed.

koonsolo 6y ago

Most users will not conclude from "sharing how nearby" people are, that someone could pinpoint exactly where they live by triangulating. Unless Telegram does some extra steps to prevent exact locations (see other threads here), they should name it "share my location" instead of "show nearby users".

wruza 6y ago
Apparently that's what they do, at least on iOS: People nearby. Quickly add people nearby who are also viewing this section and discover local group chats. Please allow on location access to enable this feature. "Allow in settings" (a button) Then you see a system location access dialog. iOS allows to choose between (always, when in use, nope) and optionally to turn off "high precision" setting (not sure how much, but it covers entire city when off). Then you may tap another button named "Make myself visible". I didn't, but a list of nearby users/groups was populated regardless.
ajsnigrutin 6y ago
Yep, users usually expect a (eg.) 1km gradient (less than 1km, 1km, 2km,...), and not precise location.