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Written by boredsquirrel on 2024-12-06 at 20:35

Cracked 60.000 #networklocation recordings with #neostumbler, uploaded to @beacondb !

Over 120.000 wifis, 2.700 cell towers and 3.300 bluetooth beacons!

Tricks:

• follow the NeoStumbler settings

• connect phone to a powerbank, this disables the energysaver

• keep the screen on, for example with https://github.com/abdalmoniem/Caffeinate

• place phone near windows in many trains and buses

[#]beacondb #unifiednlp #geoclue #grapheneos #microg #navigation #cyberresilience #openstreetmap #opensource #privacy

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Written by boredsquirrel on 2024-12-13 at 16:42

@beacondb

Aaaaand, I made 70.000 submissions!

3.000 cell towers, 3.600 bluetooth beacons, nearly 150.000 wifis!

[#]NetworkLocation #LibreGeoLocation #NeoStumbler #BeaconDB

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Toot

Written by boredsquirrel on 2024-12-15 at 18:24

@beacondb

[#]NetworkLocation is so crucial. In #Germany I was in regional trains in #Niedersachsen and #Bayern, both times there is 0% #GPS inside the train. If you dont physically hold your phone outside a window, you have no idea where you are.

Networklocation solves this easily. I had cell internet all the time. You may even pass by houses and get #geolocation through their #Wifi APs.

Use #NeoStumbler in trains and subways, especially if you have #PlayServices installed!

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Descendants

Written by boredsquirrel on 2024-12-17 at 21:17

@beacondb

I was in 2 #ICE's today (german highspeed trains), and one had #GPS signal, the other one didn't.

Must be these weird lead windows or whatever. Meanwhile, cell data again worked?

So I could only collect one way, not the way back. Luckily my tricks ramped up the scan rate a lot.

• close to window

• charged with powerbank, screen on (caffeine)

• #TowerCollector collects towers per distance

• I run it in parallel with #NeoStumbler for most data

[#]BeaconDB #NetworkLocation #OSM

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Written by Marcos Dione on 2024-12-19 at 22:28

@Rhababerbarbar @beacondb I think the issue is the speed at which you're going the GPS never manages to lock properly. Last time I took a TGV I couldn't get a lock while moving, but I got it while resting, it stayed locked. Same thing on a plane, even if up there it should be easier to spot the satellites (although maybe the heuristics for finding them fails at 10km ASL).

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Written by boredsquirrel on 2024-12-20 at 15:17

@mdione @beacondb

Might well be!

I was in an ICE and at the beginning and end I had a GPS lock. But not in the middle

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