A postcard spy
How the fuck does this Bluetooth device transmit its location over miles through a fucking steel aircraft carrier and my headphones disconnect from my phone 3 feet away all the time?
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A postcard spy
How the fuck does this Bluetooth device transmit its location over miles through a fucking steel aircraft carrier and my headphones disconnect from my phone 3 feet away all the time?
Both Apple and Google run these tracking networks where a nearby phone can relay the tags location back to the network,l.
So this vessel has some local wifi with internet access private phones can connect to?
Airtag or adjacent thing, I guess?
RedWeasel@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That is so disturbing and amazing at the same time. Does the US Navy screen their mail for trackers? Other countries. What about the sailors as they board? There was the story about the starlink router on a ship last year I think. So …
sleepmode@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Recently a Navy carrier’s location was revealed by someone doing laps on their running app.
reddig33@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Because they didn’t learn from the last time this happened. In 2017.
theguardian.com/…/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away…
onlinepersona@programming.dev 22 hours ago
Soldiers locations have been exposed om the battlefield by dating apps. Yeah, the army doesn’t screen shit.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
That’s a classic one. I’m surprised it’s still happening.