Obscured location verification

An apparatus for obscured location verification, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to:

• obtain, by a computing device, location information associated with the computing device;
• generate, by the computing device, a hash of region data for each of a plurality of regions associated with the location information using a key associated with the computing device to produce a plurality of hashes;
• send, by the computing device, the plurality of hashes to a server;
• and
• receive, by the computing device, authentication information from the server indicative of whether one or more of the plurality of regions is authenticated based upon a corresponding hash from the plurality of hashes.

A computer program product for obscured location verification, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to:

• obtain, by a computing device, location information associated with the computing device;
• generate, by the computing device, a hash of region data for each of a plurality of regions associated with the location information using a key associated with the computing device to produce a plurality of hashes;
• send, by the computing device, the plurality of hashes to a server;
• and
• receive, by the computing device, authentication information from the server indicative of whether one or more of the plurality of regions is authenticated based upon a corresponding hash from the plurality of hashes.