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Comment by Adrian-ChatLocl | Hacker News Reader

That seems a little excessive for an app like this. The only way I know of that users can fake their location is with a rooted device. I check for rooted devices in the app though so locations can't be spoofed.

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Device doesn't have to be rooted to spoof the location.

Also, I hope you're not using Play Integrity (lol), because that means all the old phones you allow can be rooted, hide it from you and/or spoof positive chdck result........ because they're insecure like sieves..... Whilst you'd be banning modern and unrooted phones.

So presumably this will be an evil app that reinforces Google monopoly by using Play Integrity?

What else would you suggest for an app with this concept?

If that would really be the only option, don't make the app.

If it gets very popular, those who don't want to be tied to Google will be excluded from something important.

And the maker of this app thinks it could have a tremendous impact, so...

Maybe just trust the users, and rely on human moderation to deal with abuse. It's basically how any community works.

I thought this comment thread was about location spoofing, but if we're talking about abuse on the platform, I do have a "report" button for each chat message. After 2 - 3 reports, the message gets deleted.

That's not an appropriate way to handle abuse, because then malicious reports become a new abuse vector.

Standard AOSP Hardware Attestation.

Play Integrity passes for devices unpatched for several years, which makes it a joke.

>> I check for rooted devices in the app

Is that possible on iPhone, or only on Android?

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