Hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSideloading won't be enabled where I livesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square376fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down131
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minus-squaresquid_slime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·11 months agoCould enabling a VPN spoof apple to think your in a based country?
minus-squareMrPasty@lemmy.sebbem.selinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoThey own the phone after all, they’ll figure it out.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoDevice Administrator: Google Yup. Agreed.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThey probably use your fucking GPS location to determine where you are for this. And that’s more difficult than just using a VPN.
minus-squareChriswild@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoHell the phone knows your carrier from the SIM in it. It’s not like you can VPN your way outta that.
minus-squareShadowCatEXE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoIt’s possible, but I wouldn’t put it past Apple to ignore the VPN when checking your location. I’d suspect they’d check using more than 1 approach (Internet, GPS, country on your Apple account, etc) to verify your location.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoSIM, plane and simple your carrier location is your location.
minus-squareShadowCatEXE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoNot every iOS device uses a SIM card, and not every SIM enabled device uses one. It’s a potential way to verify location, but not a reliable one.
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYou are right I did not think that through.
minus-squareHellfire103@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI use ProtonVPN 24/7, and it hasn’t changed anything. It’s a firmware thing, I think.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoUK Apple ID on a phone registered on a UK mobile network. Of course a simple VPN won’t fix.
Could enabling a VPN spoof apple to think your in a based country?
They own the phone after all, they’ll figure it out.
Device Administrator: Google
Yup. Agreed.
They probably use your fucking GPS location to determine where you are for this. And that’s more difficult than just using a VPN.
Hell the phone knows your carrier from the SIM in it. It’s not like you can VPN your way outta that.
It’s possible, but I wouldn’t put it past Apple to ignore the VPN when checking your location. I’d suspect they’d check using more than 1 approach (Internet, GPS, country on your Apple account, etc) to verify your location.
SIM, plane and simple your carrier location is your location.
Not every iOS device uses a SIM card, and not every SIM enabled device uses one. It’s a potential way to verify location, but not a reliable one.
You are right I did not think that through.
I use ProtonVPN 24/7, and it hasn’t changed anything. It’s a firmware thing, I think.
UK Apple ID on a phone registered on a UK mobile network. Of course a simple VPN won’t fix.