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Redditor has worst possible experience with Google’s new Find My Device network (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • One Redditor tested Google's Find My Device network against Apple's Find My Network by shipping an AirTag and a Pebblebee tracker to a different state and tracking the package through the respective apps.
  • The Pebblebee Tracker struggled to provide location updates, while Apple's AirTag consistently updated throughout the journey.
  • Google's Find My Device network is still nascent and opt-in, limiting its effectiveness compared to Apple's Find My Network. Google is reportedly working on improving its network's speed and reliability.
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

profiling the Bluetooth devices in my house

Uh, I hope you’re banning anyone with an iPhone from even getting within 10 meters of your house. Because their phone could easily just grab a list of all BT MACs (or hell, even WiFi MACs) it finds and then transmits that with its current GPS coordinates via its cell network. Doesn’t even need your network at all. And your wireless devices have to transmit their MAC addresses to work even if their not in pairing mode.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not much I can do about that, but I can at least keep them off my network so that info isn't associated with my IP address and sold off to whoever wants it.