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Re:FakeTraveler: Fake where your phone is located (Mock loca... by nayuki on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @04:49PM (#41123302)
> Apps that allow people to rent scooters or bicycles rely on non-fake location data.

There's a way to fix this. Each bicycle can store a private key, and your phone needs to talk to the bike nearby to do a live challenge-response before you can rent it out.

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Re:FakeTraveler: Fake where your phone is located (Mock loca... by NotPractical on Thursday August 01, 2024 @05:40PM (#41133931)
I'm pretty sure they already do that. As always, the standard network security advice is "don't trust the client", and yeah, it'd be nice to be able to trust the client, but it would also mean the total abandonment of any meaningful user control over their own devices, so it's not worth it IMO.
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