7bicycles [he/him]

t440 gang what up

They’re sort of enshittified in the sense that with the older ones you could bash someone over the head with one and then keep using the computer but since that’s not a common requirement they’re just still insanely good

A year ago I put kali on a 2008 netbook and now it has a new life to be my shop machine so I don’t have to use a touchscreen when I need a man with a heavy accent tell me how to replace the bearings on a 1989 planetary gear made by a company that hasn’t existed since 1988

Not really. It doesn’t really rely on MAC adresses, it relies on your phone to constantly blast out “IS ANYONE HERE $HOME_NETWORK_NAME?” (or bluetoothely named “DYPROSIUMS AIRPODS!???”) and it just catches that and then uses classic triangulating to see where you are. They all do that to quickly connect to WiFi without you having to actually type in the SSID because that shits for nerds.

Would or is also a really good way to sniff WiFi passwords. If anybody says “Well yes, I am indeed $HOME_NETWORK_NAME” your phone just hands them the password. It’s probably wrong for THAT network but it does mean you can just collect a whole ass batch of home wifi passwords.

Especially given how many people don’t change shit about their ISP-provided network if you just cyle $common_standard_wifi_names you’re off to a good start to be able to easily infilitrate half your cities WiFi.

A lot of stores track your movement through the store with the WiFi or bluetooth your phone sends out, unless you have that turned off. Since it’s “anonymous” not even stuff like the GDPR requires to notify anyone of this.

Also that’s going to get way worse

two triangles two wheels can make you go well far