Techniques for location information control using user profiles

A computer program product for controlling a system, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage device;
• computer-readable program code embodied on the non-transitory computer-readable storage device, wherein the computer-readable program code, when executed by a system, configures the system to:
• intercept, by a mobile device of the system, a request for access to actual location information of the mobile device made by an application;
• redirect, by the mobile device, the request to a trusted edge server of the system;
• obfuscate, by the trusted edge server, the location information based on a location of one or more other mobile devices proximal to the mobile device to generate obfuscated location information, wherein the one or more other mobile devices are selected based on a similarity between a user profile associated with the mobile device and user profiles associated with the one or more other mobile devices;
• return, by the trusted edge server, the obfuscated location information to the mobile device;
• and
• send, by the mobile device, the obfuscated location information to the application in place of the requested location information.