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		williamscales 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yours... You would need to be rooted for that sort of blocking to be an option, right?

prettyStandard 10 months ago | [–]

I think you can run a DNS server, and configure Android with a custom DNS server. Not sure about this exact case though.

3abiton 10 months ago | [–]

Yes, that's a given. I totally disagree with google's philosophy of locking down android features once you root, it's totally unwarranted.

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