TdotMatrix

joined 1 year ago
[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Many malls in Toronto have this. And as others have said, airports. Pearson International included.

[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I gotta hand it to Samsung that they outline all the open source licences they use, at least in their Galaxy smartphone products:

[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Alone. Phone's unplugged. Ignoring calls even though no one does.

[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is turned on by default. You can opt-out if you'd like. Here's a pretty good article that covers it all: https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/

Samsung SmartTags "Find" network is opt-in, which stagnated the growth of their network.

Tile's network is naturally opt-in as it requires us to install the app, and therefore has the lowest coverage from my understanding.

I recall seeing the following approximate numbers:

  • Apple: 1,000,000,000
  • Samsung: 300,000,000
  • Tile: 35,000,000

Battery and data usage are negligible.

[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's how it's expected to work, yes. As does Samsung SmartTags, and Tiles. These tracking devices (that we purchase and opt-in for) are a net positive in most cases. How else would we expect them to work if not for Bluetooth beacons (and UWB)?

[–] TdotMatrix@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

+1 for Jerboa. Seems to be working well for me so far. A few odd bugs here and there, but I'm sure they'll be squashed soon.