Virtual private networks, or VPNs, can be great for privacy — provided you pick a trustworthy VPN. They hide your public IP address and encrypt your internet traffic to prevent snoopers from tracking your location and online activities. But they’re not foolproof.
Some apps and websites can use a combination of both IP-based and Global Positioning System location data to determine your location, which can reveal where you actually are, even with a VPN enabled. This is especially common with streaming services such as YouTube TV, where a VPN alone might not be enough to unblock content from other regions.
That’s where GPS spoofing comes in. Instead of just masking your IP address, GPS spoofing lets you override your device’s physical location, helping you get around GPS-based geoblocks when a VPN alone isn’t enough.
It’s worth noting that only a handful of VPN providers currently offer built-in GPS spoofing, and the feature is
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