With latest update, Grindr now not only collects data from your device but now also records your devices ID which is a random number created when you setup your device. Which means if you get banned for spoofing your GPS there is no way to create a new account, even if you delete the app and reinstall it, trying to create a new account, you will still get the banned message, showing that randomised number under the banned message.
The only way to recover from a ban is to factory reset your device and a new number will be created, thus allowing you to create a new account. It's drastic, but if your device is backed up you shouldn't lose any data. Just make sure you delete the app first.
Spoofing your GPS is easy enough, and it is possible to hide spoofing apps from Grindr. I do it for safety. Even if you turn your distance off, people can still work out where you are. After being stalked and attacked once before, I feel safer setting my location some 5 or 10 km from my home.
Grindr needs to adopt a more intelligent way of dealing with scamers and catfish. Some way of proving your identity, many other sites do it and they don't have all the drug dealers, prostitutes and scammers which Grindr is full of.
I use Grindr on a spare device to experiment and work out these workarounds of using fake GPS and getting around bans.
I'm all for GPS spoofing, but until Grindr addresses it's user's legitimacy with some form ID validation to keep out minors and other unwanted users off the site, people will use GPS spoofing for devious reasons.
I mean, anyone can join using a fake email address and use a new SIM card for the phone number confirmation. So until they sort this out we will keep getting bombarded with scammers, kids, sex workers and the rest of the crap we see on Grindr.
There are better apps wnich are better secured and safer to use. Even if it means sending photo proof of your identity, as well as a pic of yourself showing you holding your ID.
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With latest update, Grindr now not only collects data from your device but now also records your devices ID which is a random number created when you setup your device. Which means if you get banned for spoofing your GPS there is no way to create a new account, even if you delete the app and reinstall it, trying to create a new account, you will still get the banned message, showing that randomised number under the banned message.
The only way to recover from a ban is to factory reset your device and a new number will be created, thus allowing you to create a new account. It's drastic, but if your device is backed up you shouldn't lose any data. Just make sure you delete the app first.
Spoofing your GPS is easy enough, and it is possible to hide spoofing apps from Grindr. I do it for safety. Even if you turn your distance off, people can still work out where you are. After being stalked and attacked once before, I feel safer setting my location some 5 or 10 km from my home.
Grindr needs to adopt a more intelligent way of dealing with scamers and catfish. Some way of proving your identity, many other sites do it and they don't have all the drug dealers, prostitutes and scammers which Grindr is full of.
I use Grindr on a spare device to experiment and work out these workarounds of using fake GPS and getting around bans.
I'm all for GPS spoofing, but until Grindr addresses it's user's legitimacy with some form ID validation to keep out minors and other unwanted users off the site, people will use GPS spoofing for devious reasons.
I mean, anyone can join using a fake email address and use a new SIM card for the phone number confirmation. So until they sort this out we will keep getting bombarded with scammers, kids, sex workers and the rest of the crap we see on Grindr.
There are better apps wnich are better secured and safer to use. Even if it means sending photo proof of your identity, as well as a pic of yourself showing you holding your ID.
Best of luck!!