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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by whatsupdog on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:13AM (#47246945)
> Want location? Give the app a location point I've fixed for that app.

How do you do that in graphene os?

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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by dns_snek on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:33AM (#47247166)
That's doesn't seem to be a thing [yet]. All I managed to find was this comment from the developer which talks about it (CTRL+F, "location"):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42536302

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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by strcat on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:10AM (#47247573)
There's a standard Mock Location feature in Android usable for it. We're making a better per-app Location Scopes feature as a replacement. Mock Location is global which has bad usability.
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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by dns_snek on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @03:17PM (#47253195)
That's true. Do those caveats from that older comment still apply? Will apps be able to tell that location is being spoofed when using location scopes?
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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by whatsupdog on Thursday March 05, 2026 @09:29PM (#47270091)
Hopefully not.. Otherwise it defeats the whole purpose. Right now there is no way for apps to find out media and contact scopes, so it might be something similar.
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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by strcat on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:09AM (#47247571)
There's a standard Mock Location feature in Android usable for it. We're making a better per-app Location Scopes feature as a replacement. Mock Location is global which has bad usability.
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