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A company that produces a device that fakes GPS (with extremely weak RF so as not to draw the ire of FCC or other government bodies) to convince the phone it is in Europe.

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Cell towers and wifi base stations announce country code too. There's no guarantee they're using GPS.

Yeah, if I was a betting man I would bet that they're using location from cell tower pings. Good luck with that.

This would be illegal, even at a low power.

Faraday cage, where you will close the phone inside - Inside it will have WiFi VPNed to EU country and emulated GPS

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