Facebook fun

ShanMan14 · 10-22-2010, 03:22 PM

I am on Facebook, but I keep it lighthearted, nothing serious and little to no personal info. FB has "places" where it checks you in at various locations so your friends can see where you all the time for reasons unknown to me. Anyway, I don't like the idea of this at all. That is, anyone tracking my location and blasting it all over for the world to see. So... I found a free app in the Android Marketplace called "Location Spoofer."

It's easy, you simply pick a place on the map and set it. The app defaults to that location for one minute, but it's configurable. Then, you launch the browser and go to http://touch.facebook.com. (Places is supported in the Android app)

Anyway, you click the pin/balloon thing and share your location and it reads it from the GPS which is getting erroneous information from the spoofer app.

Result, you can be anywhere you want, to your FB friends.

Mikey · 10-22-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ShanMan14

I am on Facebook, but I keep it lighthearted, nothing serious and little to no personal info. FB has "places" where it checks you in at various locations so your friends can see where you all the time for reasons unknown to me. Anyway, I don't like the idea of this at all. That is, anyone tracking my location and blasting it all over for the world to see. So... I found a free app in the Android Marketplace called "Location Spoofer."

It's easy, you simply pick a place on the map and set it. The app defaults to that location for one minute, but it's configurable. Then, you launch the browser and go to http://touch.facebook.com. (Places is supported in the Android app)

Anyway, you click the pin/balloon thing and share your location and it reads it from the GPS which is getting erroneous information from the spoofer app.

Result, you can be anywhere you want, to your FB friends.

That has potential. I might be going on world tour this weekend.

ShanMan14 · 10-22-2010, 03:27 PM

If you make it believable, you could have some fun. I've been uploading images of places from an Google image search to add to the fun.

Particle Man · 10-22-2010, 04:53 PM

Brilliant

Mikey · 10-22-2010, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ShanMan14

If you make it believable, you could have some fun. I've been uploading images of places from an Google image search to add to the fun.

To hell with believable. I'm gonna be in South Africa, Brazil, and the North Pole over the space of about fifteen minutes.

Mr Lefty · 10-23-2010, 12:17 AM

I'd just sit it outside someones house all day...

Particle Man · 10-23-2010, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by eBBs15

I'd just sit it outside someones house all day...

Like ceiling cat. Only more sinister

tommymac · 10-23-2010, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

Like ceiling cat. Only more sinister

you mean his cousin basement cat

Particle Man · 10-23-2010, 09:39 AM

True

sherri_chickie · 10-23-2010, 06:46 PM

You can also type in your own location when you check in. When I am home it says " On the sofa with baby"

10-22-2010, 03:22 PM	#1
ShanMan14 sunuvabytch Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 107	Facebook fun I am on Facebook, but I keep it lighthearted, nothing serious and little to no personal info. FB has "places" where it checks you in at various locations so your friends can see where you all the time for reasons unknown to me. Anyway, I don't like the idea of this at all. That is, anyone tracking my location and blasting it all over for the world to see. So... I found a free app in the Android Marketplace called "Location Spoofer." It's easy, you simply pick a place on the map and set it. The app defaults to that location for one minute, but it's configurable. Then, you launch the browser and go to http://touch.facebook.com. (Places is supported in the Android app) Anyway, you click the pin/balloon thing and share your location and it reads it from the GPS which is getting erroneous information from the spoofer app. Result, you can be anywhere you want, to your FB friends.

10-22-2010, 03:27 PM	#3
ShanMan14 sunuvabytch Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 107	If you make it believable, you could have some fun. I've been uploading images of places from an Google image search to add to the fun.

10-22-2010, 04:53 PM	#4
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	Brilliant

10-23-2010, 12:17 AM	#6
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	I'd just sit it outside someones house all day...

10-23-2010, 09:39 AM	#9
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	True

10-23-2010, 06:46 PM	#10
sherri_chickie WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary Moto: Gs500F Posts: 683	You can also type in your own location when you check in. When I am home it says " On the sofa with baby"