> Another problem, she said, is spoofing, which involves using a fake signal to mislead receivers into believing they are in a different location. The technique

> Another problem, she said, is spoofing, which involves using a fake signal to mislead receivers into believing they are in a different location. The technique is no secret, as gaming communities use it to cheat in location-based games like Pokémon Go. > “There are actual apps you can download that allow you to spoof your location, and entire subreddits dedicated to showing you how to use it for various games,” Sanderson said. Not judging the research itself, but this is kind of a dumb statement. The type of "spoofing" that you can do by just installing an app, which merely causes the OS to return fake coordinates, has virtually nothing in common with the type of "spoofing" that would threaten an aircraft by actually transmitting fake radio signals.