Fake Your GPS Location on Android to Trick Apps & Targeted Ads « LG G3

Fake Your GPS Location on Android to Trick Apps & Targeted Ads « LG G3

Follow 18 Kudos Fake Your GPS Location on Android to Trick Apps & Targeted Ads You wouldn't send your GPS coordinates to a completely random stranger just because he or she asked you for it, right? So why are you constantly sharing your location (and other data) to apps on a daily basis? While there are many apps that need your location in order to function properly (e.g., Google Maps, Waze, Yelp, Uber), others will use it for more nefarious reasons, like to "better provide" you with targeted ads. This is where spoofing your location comes in handy. Plus, using a spoofed location will let you check in to places on Facebook when you're not there and can help you add pics to your Photo Map in Instagram, among other things. Best of all, it's so easy any Android user can do it. Step 1: Enable Developer Options Before you get the app that works all of this magic, you'll need to enable the "Developer options" in your Android's settings. If you haven't already done that,

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