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Topic: Banking

How to spoof your GPS geolocation on Facebook Places or Twitter

Summary: Proof of concept: Ever wanted to rob a bank and give yourself an alibi? Want to bunk off work and prove you're going to the doctors? Now you can.

Zack Whittaker

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Once you have done all of that, simply hit the Check In button (not in this screen; was too slow to screenshot it) but you will see that all of the people tagged, including yourself, have been checked into the location that you spoofed. Ta da!

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Please read the disclaimer! You can find this and more, including the explanation - as well as the pro's and con's of using spoofed geolocation on the ZDNet iGeneration blog.

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  • RE: How to spoof your GPS geolocation on Facebook Places or Twitter

    The CMD window opens/loads then closes. I can't get to the simulator interface.
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