It’s actually two separate aspects, there’s the network for crowdsourced finding, and there’s the localisation of unwanted trackers.
The feature that lets you ring nearby trackers is actually standardised between Apple, Google, Samsung and the others. It goes by DULT - Detection of Unwanted Location Trackers.
You joke(?) but I have had tons of success in asking people if they’d like to go on walking meetings with me, both virtual and in person. I have sometimes clocked 20k steps at work!
Well, "Walk/Talk" is one of the most effective method. If the parties are abled, a walk/talk will give enough time even for non-walkers to talk and bring up topics/points. If they get tired, then the talk had extended beyond its need. I tend to have a few keywords to organize my calendar entries with the likes "TBD: foobar", "Plan: LoremIpsum", and one of them is "Walk/Talk: Awesome Person".
I find it very acceptable and I appreciate when someone carries a small notepad (not a phone/tablet) with a physical pen to take notes. I do a lot of the times. However, here is the trick that works for me when you have none.
At the end of the meeting, the key thing is the actionable item (todo) -- say that out aloud. "So, my to-dos are this, that and this one. And you will be handling the other, and another." Say it a few times or even a few more times while adding to your calendar/notes (digital or otherwise) after the meeting.
Most of the times, you never needed to take the entire meeting's notes.
Do you have some good ones that you would recommend? I often type copious notes and I think there may be some value in the very act of the typing, but if something works really well, maybe I can change my approach.
On one "prepackaged" end the scale, MS Teams has an option to transcribe meetings. On the "Local" side, I've had success using Whisper.cpp to transcribe my own voice recordings.
The trick is to live somewhere where walking makes sense, and also add small opportunities to walk during the day. For example, if parking, park a bit further from where you're going. Or if you have calls to make, call people/businesses while walking. Or if hanging out with a friend, go for a walk or do something physical.
Everyone will have different constraints but it's generally possible to move more than you currently do.
I actually get about 13,000 steps a day with a 9-5 job. I get two 15 minute breaks and an hour lunch, so I take three 15 minute walks per day. I work at a large campus, so it's not hard to get steps in.
Are there similar projects that focus on the software aspects? Would love to read about that. For English text, you could probably get away with just typing half the letters and having the rest predicted, no?
Never heard before this was possible. Do you have some example which carrier allows to bring your own SIM? Ideally, if you have some support page handy that’d explain the process.
Honestly, with normal SIM cards this shouldn’t be possible, as you cannot program the keys into the card. There are some eSIM-on-SIM-cards that you could use if your phone isn’t eSIM capable. But again, would be nice to check.
Mobile Networks use symmetric keys for mutual authentication. You need the same key both in SIM and the carriers database.
What I guess you mean is, you buy an inactive SIM from Vodafone (which has Vodafone-known keys on it), and then you’re telling Vodafone to use that card.
By „bring your SIM“ I thought of something non-branded and was surprised.
Essentially that is what’s happening with eSIM, hence the need for the provisioning step that also makes transferring hard.
English translation based on the DeepL translation:
"§ 202c Preparing the spying and interception of data
(1) Any person who prepares an offense under § 202a or § 202b by
1.
passwords or other security codes that enable access to data (§ 202a (2)), or
2.
Computer programs whose purpose is the commission of such an offense,
or by procuring, selling, transferring, distributing or otherwise making available to himself or another person, shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding two years or to a monetary penalty.
Theres videos online of these teslas catching like 5 seconds of air off hills in Silverlake and destroying parked cars after landing. They must not even have an accelerometer.
