• PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social
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    5 hours ago

    I also want to throw the Android app BLE Radar into that mix. It gives you a map of Bluetooth LE devices around you. It’s available on f droid

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      Yeah, this isn’t any kind of crazy technology there should be a way to do it with any device that has bluetooth and a processor.

      All it does is listens for devices, almost like it would when you’re trying to pair your earbuds. It just compares the detected MAC addresses vs a list and sends you a notification/alerts you if there is a match.

      You can do the same with Wifi (the kids used to call it wardriving, back when modems were a thing and pringles cans had appreciable metal contents) but the people for whom that information is useful will know how to do it on their own.