boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gael</span></a></span> </p><p>Tbh, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>'s location service can be used without big issues. <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> does so, the data can be easily scraped.</p><p>But as a <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> contributor, I am of course happy to hear this!</p><p>There are a ton of people collecting data, it is pretty insane!</p><p><a href="https://beacondb.net/map" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/map</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/NetworkLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkLocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLP</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPSJamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPSJamming</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a></p>
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boredsquirrel<p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> 1.5.0 is out since a while!</p><p>And it looks great and has a customizable scan interval!</p><p>Let's see how long my next 100.000 Submissions to <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> will take</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/networklocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networklocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/gps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gps</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/deapple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deapple</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>90.000 Submissions with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> to <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> !</p><p>Today we also explored our neighborhood and mapped some Shops, doctors, post offices and more.</p><p>- 190.000 WIFIs<br>- 3.800 Cell towers<br>- 4.500 Bluetooth Beacons</p><p>And along that, 70.000 Cell tower submissions with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/TowerCollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TowerCollector</span></a>! Way better in trains and cars as it scans per distance (I think) and not per time.</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenStreetMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMaps</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NetworkLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkLocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>Have you ever collected data for <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenCellID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenCellID</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/MozillaLocationService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaLocationService</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/WiGLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiGLE</span></a> or <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> ?</p><p>Please retoot!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb@mapstodon.space</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb@lemmy.dbzer0.com</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@WiGLEnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WiGLEnet</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/networklocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networklocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/mls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mls</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/microg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microg</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/geoclue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoclue</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/towercollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>towercollector</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neostumbler</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>You know, this is how pure insanity looks like XD</p><p>It's nearly like playing "only walk on one side", I saw so much of the cities that I live in, by just walking into EVERY little pathway next to every little house.</p><p>Playgrounds, labyrinth-like complex pathways, very cool spots I have never seen.</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/networklocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networklocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neostumbler</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>🥳 80.000 Aufzeichnungen für @BeaconDB <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> !</p><p>Die meisten mit Neostumbler, noch mehr Mobilfunktürme mit <a href="https://tux.social/tags/TowerCollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TowerCollector</span></a>!</p><p>Einige Bahnfahrten mit Handy am Fenster, Gänge entlang von Bahnsteigen und ein Spaziergang über fast jede Ecke eines Unicampus.</p><p>Macht Spaß muss ich sagen! Wieder super viele neue Orte und Gebäude entdeckt!</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/networklocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networklocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neostumbler</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/mozillalocationservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mozillalocationservice</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/microg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microg</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/geoclue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoclue</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>I was in 2 <a href="https://tux.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>'s today (german highspeed trains), and one had <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> signal, the other one didn't.</p><p>Must be these weird lead windows or whatever. Meanwhile, cell data again worked?</p><p>So I could only collect one way, not the way back. Luckily my tricks ramped up the scan rate a lot.</p><p>- close to window<br>- charged with powerbank, screen on (caffeine)<br>- <a href="https://tux.social/tags/TowerCollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TowerCollector</span></a> collects towers per distance<br>- I run it in parallel with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> for most data </p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NetworkLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkLocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/NetworkLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkLocation</span></a> is so crucial. In <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> I was in regional trains in <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Niedersachsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Niedersachsen</span></a> and <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Bayern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bayern</span></a>, both times there is 0% <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> inside the train. If you dont physically hold your phone outside a window, you have no idea where you are.</p><p>Networklocation solves this easily. I had cell internet all the time. You may even pass by houses and get <a href="https://tux.social/tags/geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geolocation</span></a> through their <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wifi</span></a> APs.</p><p>Use <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> in trains and subways, especially if you have <a href="https://tux.social/tags/PlayServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlayServices</span></a> installed!</p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>Aaaaand, I made 70.000 submissions!</p><p>3.000 cell towers, 3.600 bluetooth beacons, nearly 150.000 wifis!</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/NetworkLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkLocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/LibreGeoLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreGeoLocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsi</span></a></span> der Bund sollte unabhängige und vertrauenswürdige Betriebssysteme wie <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> und <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> unterstützen. </p><p>Auch unabhängige Navigation mit <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OSMAnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSMAnd</span></a> und freie <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLP</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/networklocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networklocation</span></a> mit <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> und <a href="https://tux.social/tags/libregeolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libregeolocation</span></a> ist essentiell.</p><p>Bspw. die Integration der <a href="https://tux.social/tags/DeutscheBahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeutscheBahn</span></a> API in OSMAnd fehlt wahnsinnig. <a href="https://tux.social/tags/%C3%96ffi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Öffi</span></a> zeigt wie es geht.</p><p>Oder eine Opensource Wetterapp, wie <a href="https://tux.social/tags/KleineWettervorschau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KleineWettervorschau</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/SovereignTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignTechFund</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>Cracked 60.000 <a href="https://tux.social/tags/networklocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networklocation</span></a> recordings with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neostumbler</span></a>, uploaded to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> !</p><p>Over 120.000 wifis, 2.700 cell towers and 3.300 bluetooth beacons!</p><p>Tricks:<br>- follow the NeoStumbler settings<br>- connect phone to a powerbank, this disables the energysaver<br>- keep the screen on, for example with <a href="https://github.com/abdalmoniem/Caffeinate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/abdalmoniem/Caffein</span><span class="invisible">ate</span></a><br>- place phone near windows in many trains and buses</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/unifiednlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unifiednlp</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/geoclue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoclue</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/microg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microg</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/cyberresilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberresilience</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
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