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Spoofing, faking, or hiding your Android GPS location is quite easy. It can be
done with the help of a small app available on PlayStore and by changing a few
settings on an Android device.
While developers or pro users can use this technique to test apps, ROMs, and
other services, a normal or daily user can also get some great benefits by
spoofing their GPS location.
For example, you can access the Snapchat filters available in a certain areas by
spoofing the location.
Similarly, if you aren’t getting many matches in your area on dating apps, you
can spoof your location to a different place and increase the chances of your
match while sitting at one place and talk to people from different places.
Just like that, you also make someone believe that you are moving in that
location while actually, you are sitting on the couch.
This also allows you to hide your actual location from apps that you don’t trust.
Thus, this method can be used to ensure location privacy.