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Dylan16807
on Dec 20, 2022
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How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook?
And if it's a Bluetooth Low Energy device that doesn't use connections?
hbossy
on Dec 20, 2022
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Especially if it's BLE. Commercial sites are full of tags that advertise their MACs. Phone app reads this and use it to deduce where you are. You can try something similar yourself with WiFi using Google geolocation API.
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