Move my next contributions from wigle.net to neostumbler beacondb.net

#wigle #neostumbler #beacondb #wardriving

BeaconDB: Standort bestimmen ohne Apple und Google

https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/12/31/standort-bestimmen-ohne-apple-und-google/

#FreeFromBigTech #Opensource #beaconDB #standortdienste

On fait une voyage ou un sortie inhabituelle ? Alors on oublie pas de lancer NeoStumbler pour participer à l'amélioration de la localisation et aider tous ceux qui veulent se défaire des GAFAM :shibacool:
#neostumbler #BeaconDB #foss
C'est ça aussi la solidarité ! :)

Standort bestimmen ohne Apple und Google

https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/12/31/standort-bestimmen-ohne-apple-und-google/

Vous utilisez linux, microG et vous n'avez pas encore contribué à ça ? 😱👇
Depuis la mort de MLS (mozilla location service), une des plus grandes bases de données de géolocalisation est morte, nous laissant ainsi perdu au milieu de nul part. Bon heureusement en parallèle une autre base de données s'est montée : BeaconDB et tout le monde peut y contribuer ! Il suffit d'installer neoStumbler ou un équivalent et ainsi cartographier les antennes et réseaux wifi de sa régions.
https://beacondb.net/
#neostumbler #mls #beacondb

@sri if you rely on WiFi for location, this is more an issue of contributing more to BeaconDB (most distros use BeaconDB nowadays) #beacondb

I am currently researching at the FSFE for FreeYourAndroid on the topic of microG.

If you use microG, how have you installed it? Or was it already there?

(User app can come from F-Droid repo too)

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Ich recherchiere gerade bei der #FSFE für #FreeYourAndroid zum Thema #microG.

Falls du es benutzt, wie hast du es installiert? Oder war es bereits da?

#Android #Google #Privacy #PlayServices #Whatsapp #Navigation #DBNavigator #LineageOS #iodeOS #eOS #CalyxOS #CrDroid #UnifiedPush #BeaconDB

Yep, ini perjalanan terpanjang saya tahun ini; 12 jam perjalanan darat dan belum sampai tujuan, sinyal BTS tidak dapat diharapkan. Sampai jumpa beberapa hari lagi.

#beaconDB

Als Custom-ROM Nutzer setze ich bei der Standortermittlung in Gebäuden auf #beacondb von @beacondb .

Vielleicht haben ja noch andere Lust beim Vervollständigen der Karte zu helfen (beim #Radfahren oder Spazierengehen). #Oldenburg sieht schon ganz gut aus.

Siehe auch:
https://eversten.net/blog/beacondb/
und
https://beacondb.net/

This looks fascinating enough to want to try something cool with #beacondb and #meshtastic https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/testing-out-ble-beacons-with-beacondb/

🤔 Oh, what a thrilling tale of #subprojects within subprojects! Matthew bravely embarks on an epic quest to understand something that could have been explained in two sentences. 🦸‍♂️ Meanwhile, #beaconDB trembles under the weight of its own irrelevance. 📡
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/testing-out-ble-beacons-with-beacondb/ #thrillingtale #epicquest #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Testing out BLE beacons with BeaconDB

https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/testing-out-ble-beacons-with-beacondb/

#HackerNews #BLEbeacons #BeaconDB #IoT #technology #testing #blog

Я правильно понимаю, что #beaconDB не поддерживается на #iOS / #iPadOS никак?

You can contribute to the #freesoftware movement even if you don't know how to write #code here's some practical examples:

1. @beacondb & #Neostumbler

BeaconDB is community-driven wireless geolocation database that serves as a replacement for Mozilla Location Services (MLS), which was discontinued in March 2024.

why is this project important?

because #Google collects extensive location data tied to user accounts for advertising and profiling (even if you turn off location history) Google doesn't understand consent, what a surprise! :blob_rollingeyes:

BeaconDB will provide privacy friendly geolocation, allowing #degoogled #android ROMs like #CalyxOS and #GrapheneOS to be used without relying on Google (Google's location services)

Neostumbler is an #opensource android app, that collects geolocation data from wireless signals such as Wi-Fi access points, cell towers, and Bluetooth beacons, NS does not collect personal identifying information, only anonymized wireless signal data and it can be turned off at any time. (can't say the same for Google)

you can start contributing to BeaconDB simply by downloading and installing NeoStumbler, enabling GPS, open NS and start a scan, start walking or driving, and after you cross a certain distance, you'll see some generated reports, press upload to upload them all (you can also go to settings and enable automatic uploading in the background)

If you want to volunteer and help us free our phones, laptops and smart watches from corporate ecosystems (like Google's location services) and achieve digital sovereignty in the aspect of geolocation, take a look at these links

- BeaconDB: https://beacondb.net/
- NeoStumbler: https://github.com/mjaakko/NeoStumbler

#opensource #geolocation #linux #programming #coding #technology #geoip #software #gis #openstreetmap #tech #github #iot #data #security #opensourceprojects #geotagging #locationdata #mapdata #opendata #fdroid #beaconDB #neostumbler #location #surveillance #privacy #mozilla #firefox

Nice to see how well covered Europe is on #beaconDB.

beaconDB is a public domain wireless geolocation database.

You can contribute to @beacondb as well! See the website:

https://beacondb.net/

Help create a degoogled positioning service - no skills needed!

Long story short: Everyone should consider downloading NeoStumbler on their phones and help collect degoogled geolocation data from the places they travel to.

Degoogled geolocation data?!

A big problem with degoogling is positioning services. Whenever your device doesn't have a GPS signal but wants to know your position, it collects information about the wifi, cellular, and bluetooth networks around you. It then looks this up against a database of networks and their location, and returns to you your approximate position.

This has traditionally been crowd-sourced by Google for a closed database for them to use and abuse. Mozilla created and abandoned their own service a while back, as they tend to do. Their data was not anonymous enough for it to live on in open source, and for a while there was no real open source option out there. All location services would pretty much depend on Google. Thankfully, this is not the case any more.

Enter beaconDB!

A proper open source alternative has finally emerged in the form of beacondb (@beacondb@mapstodon.space), which currently contains location data for more than 75 million wifi networks and almost 4 million cellular towers, most of which in Europe and the US. This database allows degoogled devices to find their location in the world without relying on a Google service. It is still in its early days, but some open systems already use it by default.

How can you help?

Contributing to beaconDB is incredibly easy. The tl;dr on top of this post summarizes it, but here's a more detailed overview:

1. Install the open source app NeoStumbler
2. Open the app and set it up. It's a good idea to take a look at the settings. I have enabled movement detection (helps save battery on most devices) and passive data collection. I also enabled an option to send reports with less metadata, further increasing privacy.
3. Press "play" in the app. You can also add a "wireless scanning" button to the sliding drawer menu in Android to make this option more accessible. I generally keep scanning on at all times as I don't find it to drain the battery much, but of course it's mostly useful when moving around in new areas.
4. Walk around, live your life.

And, of course: Let people know about it! Contributions from people outside of Europe and the US would be particularly welcome, but it's the early stages of the project and contributions are needed everywhere. Also feel free to cross-post (or boost!) this to anywhere you'd see fit.

Since the end of June I have collected information about more than 150 000 wifi networks and more than 10 000 cellular networks. It's fun to keep track of how many new networks I've passed by at the end of the day.

Please join in! :)

Found another mysterious circle in #beaconDB near Haifa.

Bei #beacondb gibt's noch Datenlücken um den #baldeneysee herum (und auch in #hattingen). Mag nicht mal jemensch Daten sammeln? https://beacondb.net/ Irgendwann komme ich bestimmt auch wieder dorthin, aber hier gibt's bestimmt auch so genügend Leute, die da sowieso regelmäßig herumradeln (sei es #mdrza oder #freizeit) oder auch #laufen.