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Hermano Filipe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.pt/@arturcoelho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arturcoelho</span></a></span> , desculpa o abuso. Há algum canal de comunicação por meio do qual possas tentar convencer os professores de TIC a colaborar no projeto <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a> . Também já pensei em enviar um email para as associações de estudantes de faculdades de <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/engenharia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engenharia</span></a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/informatica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informatica</span></a> . Era bom conseguirmos cobrir a maior parte do país...</p>
muxelplexers/o to my bolt driver taking the scenic route to Ottakring. I stumbled through an area not covered by <a class="hashtag" href="https://larkspur.one/tag/beacondb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beacondb</a> yet :)
boredsquirrel<p>126.800 uploads to <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>!</p><p>Just cracked 300.000 wifis, together with 5.100 cell towers (from end of october)</p><p>Now the small cities <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Uelzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uelzen</span></a> and <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wolfenbüttel</span></a> are explored a bit! Help <a href="https://tux.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> and <a href="https://tux.social/tags/CyberResilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilience</span></a> and contribute!</p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a> is on <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Accrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accrescent</span></a> too, which is the most secure way to get the app.</p><p>Dont forget to donate, that stuff costs money!</p><p><a href="https://liberapay.com/joelkoen/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">liberapay.com/joelkoen/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Marc<p>Wow! What is this!? 😮 <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a></p>
muxelplexerstarted scanning wifi's around vienna while driving around for <a class="hashtag" href="https://larkspur.one/tag/beacondb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beacondb</a> - now i just need to also find a use for it :p
Hermano Filipe<p>Uuuauuuuu vê-se que muita malta foi passar a Páscoa na terra ou passear. Força <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p>Any <a href="https://tux.social/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataScience</span></a> people here?</p><p>I have a huge <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> dataset here, recorded with <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NeoStumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoStumbler</span></a>.</p><p>I would like to play around with it a bit, display densities of radio devices on a map.</p><p>I know <a href="https://tux.social/tags/QGis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QGis</span></a>, is it reasonably easy to import a CSV file there, assign the coordinates to some columns etc?</p><p>Alternatively I know a bit of <a href="https://tux.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>, but <a href="https://tux.social/tags/RStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStudio</span></a> is <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Electron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electron</span></a> now, so that could get a hassle XD</p><p>Btw, there is a <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/COPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COPR</span></a> for R-Cran packages, how is the situation on <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a>?</p>
Kontrabanda<p><strong>BeaconDB: alternatywna usługa AGPS dla Google/Apple Location Services</strong></p><p>Przez lata jedyną alternatywą dla Google/Apple Location Services była Mozilla Location Services, jednak została ona zamknięta w 2024 roku. Zaraz po zamknięciu MLS na horyzoncie pojawił się BeaconDB, który szybko zyskał sympatię byłych użytkowników MLSu. Najlepsza część? Tym projektem zarządza tylko jeden Australijczyk – Joel Koen.</p><p><a href="https://kontrabanda.net/r/beacondb-alternatywna-usluga-agps-dla-google-apple-location-services/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kontrabanda.net/r/beacondb-alt</span><span class="invisible">ernatywna-usluga-agps-dla-google-apple-location-services/</span></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://kontrabanda.net/t/agps/" target="_blank">#AGPS</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://kontrabanda.net/t/apple-location-services/" target="_blank">#AppleLocationServices</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://kontrabanda.net/t/beacondb/" target="_blank">#BeaconDB</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://kontrabanda.net/t/google-location-services/" target="_blank">#GoogleLocationServices</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://kontrabanda.net/t/poradniki/" target="_blank">#Poradniki</a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/@zorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zorg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gael</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/Neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neostumbler</span></a> collects the data in the first place. While databases like <a href="https://tux.social/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a> (Backups), <a href="https://tux.social/tags/OpenCellID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenCellID</span></a> and also Apples exist and are easily available, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> only uses newly gathered data.</p><p>Neostumbler takes the real GPS location together with nearby Wifis, Cell Towers and Bluetooth beacons. These datasets get uploaded, and shortly after, clients like <a href="https://tux.social/tags/geoclue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoclue</span></a> or <a href="https://tux.social/tags/microG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microG</span></a> that use BeaconDB, can find a location there.</p><p>Neostumbler shows an overlay map for existing data</p>
Zorg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gael</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>I have visited <a href="https://beacondb.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and the project looks nice. But could you explain in few words, here or somewhere else, what is the use of <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Neostumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neostumbler</span></a> app ?</p><p>It's really not clear for me.<br>Is it used for location in replacement of what is today used in my eOS phone ? Is it only for collecting data for <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> ?</p><p>Thanks.</p>
Hermano Filipe<p>Here's a nice open source project we all can help: BeaconDB</p><p>BeaconDB is an in-development, open-source wireless network database designed to serve as an alternative network location service.</p><p>It collects and aggregates location data about wireless infrastructure—such as WiFi networks, cell towers, and Bluetooth devices—from user submissions.</p><p><a href="https://beacondb.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gael</span></a></span> </p><p>Tbh, <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkLocation</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/NLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLP</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/GPSJamming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPSJamming</span></a> <a href="https://tux.social/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a></p>
Мя :sparkles_lesbian: ��<p>Единственный минус, пока навигатор прогревался, местоположение скакало как ебонутое, и испортило мне половину измерений для <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a> <br>Ну, надеюсь погрешность в пятьдесят-сто метров не сильно испортит общую картину...</p>
Marc<p>Crop circles of <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>? (found on <a href="https://beacondb.net/map/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">beacondb.net/map/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p>
Thejesh GN<p>Contributing to <a href="https://social.lol/tags/beaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beaconDB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thejeshgn.com/2025/03/27/contributing-to-beacondb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thejeshgn.com/2025/03/27/contr</span><span class="invisible">ibuting-to-beacondb/</span></a></p>
0xfb<p>Within 3 weeks in Brazil I collected about 15000 WLAN access points and 1100 cells (with 20000 measurements) and uploaded them to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span>.<br>Most of them were completely new to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a>. Now, a much larger part of the state of São Paulo is covered by BeaconDB.</p>
tomatic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kuketzblog</span></a></span> <br>Why don't you use <a href="https://augsburg.social/tags/beacondb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beacondb</span></a> ?</p>
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> </p><p>On a side note, do you respect, or at least plan to respect _optout / _nomap? Ie removing people's SSID entries if they contain either _optout or _nomap.</p><p>It would be good to clarify the various potential privacy issues on BeaconDB.net</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLS</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Geolocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geolocation</span></a></p>
FSHM PuducherryHi everyone 👋<br><br>It's time to do <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/introductions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introductions</a>. We are an organization composed of students &amp; working professionals who propagate the principles of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/digitalprivacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalPrivacy</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/digitalcommons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalCommons</a> among students in the union territory of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/puducherry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puducherry</a>, India.<br><br>We have been functioning as a <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/gnu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNU</a>/#Linux users group (#PuduvaiGLUG) since 2011 with guidance from <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://fsmi.social/users/fsftn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fsftn</span></a></span> and then matured into a registered society of our own.<br><br>Here is what we do,<br><br>👉 We approach educational institutions in and around Puducherry and help them set up &amp; nurture a <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/glug" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GLUG</a> in their institutions. The GLUGs within each institution are responsible for propagating our stated principles and help them step into the FOSS ecosystem.<br><br>👉 We also organize an annual FOSS conference in Puducherry &amp; discuss the state of digital commons here and ways to improve them.<br><br>👉 We strongly believe that public institutions should adopt <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/openstandards" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a> in the public interest. We also contribute data to <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/openstreetmap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/wikipedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/beacondb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeaconDB</a> projects.<br><br>👉 We track the state of public infrastructure in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/puducherry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puducherry</a> by mapping them in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/osm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSM</a>. For example, by mapping street lights, bus stops, public toilets, drinking water, etc.<br><br>👉 We demand the UT &amp; Union govt. to safeguard citizen's fundamental right to privacy and bring data breaches to their notice. We campaign for an inclusive digital society.<br><br>👉 Some of our members also build and release their own FOSS projects. We also organize <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/mapathon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mapathon</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/hackathon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hackathon</a> to contribute to digital commons.<br><br>👉 We strive to bridge the <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/digitaldivide" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalDivide</a> through FOSS &amp; Commons. We demand the state to strengthen the public telecom &amp; Internet provider <a class="hashtag" href="https://fsmi.social/tag/bsnl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BSNL</a> and it's infrastructure.<br><br>Together, we build a movement to actively shape our day to day digital experience &amp; strive to improve the quality of life for everyone 🫰<br><br>"Enabling consensual technology for the masses", that's our motto.<br><br>Glimpse from our FOSSCon24<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfEmptS9LLg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfEmptS9LLg</a>
Atemu<p>TIL <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@beacondb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beacondb</span></a></span> uses <a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a> to host their service:</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/beacondb/infra" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org/beacondb/infra</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://darmstadt.social/tags/BeaconDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeaconDB</span></a></p>
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