play services have various methods to understand real location. One is the gps, another is called like "enanched location tracking" and is able to map the network you connect and directly determine the ip.
This kind of traking happens "ahed" of the vpn tunneling (playservices have access to the wifi you are connecting and directly trasmit the ip to google... throug the vpn, but the damage is already done😅)
It has zero access to location services, so GPS can't be.
Is it really true that Play Services has access to the wifi IP?
You said the other profile was running a VPN, yes?
Not just your main profile
Both yes
Hmm..
I've noticed in other profiles, since its so well sandboxed, certain features do not work like I thought (i.e. running VPN on admin, expecting it to pass through to sub profile), hence why I asked
Not sure then wish I could help more
Is there a difference if you disable networking for Google Play Services?
Another thought, GPS works in tandem with Google Play Store and GmsCompatConfig so try turning them all 3 off and see if that changes anything on your Google Account.
I'm also curious... theres a setting accessible in "sandboxed google play options" that is called "google location accurancy" where is described how this thing works..
@franzap do you have "Reroute location requests to the OS" checked? Although I don't know what it does.
Also, according to the description, with Google Location Accuracy off it still (thinks it) gets access to device sensors such as wifi and GPS. Being sandboxed should mean that access is denied though?
Does anyone else know if Play Services can determine the real IP, bypassing the VPN?
#asknostr #Graphene
