Can I make Find My app show a fake location?

Lawrence Finch wrote:

I am not aware of any legitimate app that can falsify your location. And how would an app on a PC falsify the location of your iPhone?

You make a very good point, nothing done on a different device or computer can influence the GPS fix determined by the iPhone and reported back by the Find My app. What the OP is asking is science fiction, or at least requires military grade GPS jamming and spoofing.

Agree! Not something that Apple would ever implement and developers do not have access to change the information provided in the Find My app. Apps could be created to show any location that looks similar to the Find My screen, but would not display that information with others when sharing your location.

I strongly advise against using any application that intentionally manipulates the location displayed on Find My, as it can have serious consequences. Especially during emergencies, relying on such an app can hinder your loved ones' ability to locate you and provide necessary assistance.

I am not aware of any legitimate app that can falsify your location. And how would an app on a PC falsify the location of your iPhone? If you have more than one Apple device that has Find My you can make that device your “people” location, but it would not block the actual device location.

If you jailbreak your phone you might be able to get deep enough into iOS to intercept the reported location and change it. The problem with doing that is it opens up the phone to spyware, trojans, and other malware. And any app that you installed most probably not only falsifies your location, but also knows your actual location, and more than likely sends it to criminal organizations, sketchy businesses or, in some countries, law enforcement.

Hello ~ Yes…I understand but from what I have been able to see you probably need a paid App to best accomplish your goal. I am not going to post the free ones as I would not use them myself. Take care.

~Katana-San~

There is no legitimate and rational reason to have a false location in Find My because it is only visible to you anyway. Nobody else should be able to see your location unless you enable sharing. Your best solution is to disable Location completely and simply disappear from Find My.

I suspect that the OP wants to trick someone who has permission to track them as to where they actually are; perhaps a parent or SO. And it actually isn’t possible.

Have you have tried to troubleshoot the problem of the Find My App showing the wrong location, if so, what have you done?

This is not what the OP is asking. He is asking for a feature or option that would have Find My display a fake location.

IvanBratanov wrote:

Perhaps the children aren’t the only users of an iPhone, right?! Why don’t you think for a moment that there could be other options than a child trying to escape his mother tracking attempts?!

That’s why I said perhaps a parent or an SO. If you are not familiar with standard English abbreviations “SO” is “Significant Other”, such as a spouse, girlfriend/boyfriend, business associate, etc.

Why on earth would you want find my to show a false location. Only you can see it anyway. If you lose your device and it’s showing a false location you’ll never get it back. In addition if you are worried that people with whom you share your location can see where you are then don’t share it with them. if what you are saying is that can you send a false location via location sharing in certain apps then no. Location sharing is used by maps and gps based apps. You can go into settings and turn off location sharing on an app by app basis. Ie Facebook etc. just don’t share your location and it won’t.

Jezza1358 wrote:

Why on earth would you want find my to show a false location.

Why on earth would someone reply to a thread that’s been inactive for almost a year? And with the same information that has already been provided?