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I tried using “Citizen” a few years back. You can only use it if you’re willing to share location data either whenever you’re using the app or all the time. No
by codyb 5y ago
I tried using “Citizen” a few years back. You can only use it if you’re willing to share location data either whenever you’re using the app or all the time.
No. Maybe that’s fine by others but any app I can’t put a zip code into is deleted now.
It’s creepy and weird to ask for location data. Where are the apps that default to zip code and offer me the option to have myself tracked everywhere I go for more personalized output?
- qualudeheart 5y agoWe need better device virtualization tech. With VM you could spoof a different location. Some ppl use emulators but I find them too slow usually.
- StavrosK 5y agoYou don't need a VM for that. Hell, there are apps that'll do it with one tap. Android-only, of course.
- lobocinza 5y agoIs it easier now? Last time I tried (years) app could see location was spoofed so I had to root to spoof better and then many apps could see I was rooted and refused to run.
- StavrosK 5y agoHmm, I use an app called "Fake GPS" which works perfectly, but I am rooted (and all apps run fine).
- fragileone 5y agoDownload "Fake Traveler" from F-Droid, set it as your "mock location app" in Android Developer options. No need to be rooted.
- lobocinza 5y agoThanks! I will give it a try. For context I was playing Pokemon Go at the time and that may be why it was harder.
- fragileone 5y agoAndroid 12 will have the option on the user side to give precise or approximate location data, which should be sufficient for privacy.
- vageli 5y agoWe should have the ability to supply arbitrary sensor data by default. It is my phone in my pocket, after all.
- njharman 5y agoIt's useful for governments to have access (via supeana of course) to history of their citizens location. In case they start getting uppity. Just makes it easier to intimidate, suppress, and oppress.