Hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSideloading won't be enabled where I livesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square325fedilinkarrow-up1820arrow-down130
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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.
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.