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-ESP32 based device that tries to detect bluetooth/MAC addresses of flock cameras and beeps when it does

- a Stingray detector that runs on a second-hand mobile hotspot

- a device that alerts you about things that are moving approximately with you (AirTags, SSIDs, etc).

The last project is this, it actually does a lot more.

https://github.com/Em3ritus/simulacra

ESP32 based device that tries to detect bluetooth/MAC addresses of flock cameras and beeps when it does

Is it this thing?

https://simeononsecurity.com/articles/flock-you-detection-pr...

Cool, I like the esp idea but won't you have to walk fairly slowly with a default ESP antenna? High gain might be better.. If you're wearing a cap you may not care as much being seem from above vs from the front. Maybe attach a little windspeed meter to the top of the antenna on your hat too ;)

Sigh, researchers used to publish cutting edge stuff.

That list reads like a fist year lab schedule. lol =3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlAMqoJ5BA

It's cutting edge (in the US at least) for citizen activism and individual anti-tracking protection, has to count for something no?

Voting, and participating locally in policy discussions has far greater traction.

The fact is with satellite to cell service online, there is a far greater risk automotive and civilian telemetry meta-data is collected regardless of what people want or do on the ground.

It is credulous to believe individuals can affect political policy with gadgets. =3

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