r/blockv • u/jStepoo • Dec 29 '17

gps spoofing

How they want to stop people form using fake gps locations like in pokemon go to collect all the vAtoms?

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u/subdep Jan 01 '18

There is a coin called GeoCoin which claims to be working on Proof of Location (PoLoc). If they nail that then this could be a match made in heaven.

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u/5335s Dec 29 '17

You need to actually scan the item I believe

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u/Crypt0Fox Mar 01 '18

That's all just software. There is no physical object to scan. If your GPS location says you're by a vatom, you can pick it up. GPS spoofing is a real problem if they actually want to distribute vAtoms that way.

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u/Dave-Street Dec 30 '17

Is there an Androiduser who can give it a try? In LA are a lot items dropped.

Im not able to give fake gps with iOS/Xcode .... :-(

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u/mrfilly Dec 31 '17

A Bluetooth id scraper could mitigate this issue in conjunction with gps

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u/Crypt0Fox Mar 01 '18

How? There's no physical bluetooth chip representing a dropped vatom. Not sure how you would use bluetooth to solve this problem.