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0 pointsyieldcrv2y ago0 comments

I was thinking about an uber or courier service that takes your phone for a walk

Pretty much relying on the assumption that investigators will find stationary phones suspicious when they spy on you

Could put them in those charging lockboxes seen as airports and festivals, the infrastructure is already there

Guess I’ll market it to climate activists in europe lol

edit: maybe those delivery robots are even better couriers, since it fits the idea of getting a courier to come back to you better than an uber on the other side of town. risky but the fun kind.

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tempestn2y ago

If a stationary phone is suspicious, imagine how suspicious it'll look when prosecutors show someone was using that service.

yieldcrvOP2y ago

strength in numbers

dotancohen2y ago

Just leave the phone on a bus, somewhere hidden. Then "find" it later, or call the bus service if need be.

yieldcrvOP2y ago

I want to charge people a subscription service

thinkingemote2y ago

Given most activists are at university or are associates with university attendees, you should target it to students. One downside would be that it would only work within term time.

mensetmanusman2y ago

A bunch of radios confusing thousands of gps devices seems better.

zirgs2y ago

Can you fake it with an app somehow instead?

PartiallyTyped2y ago

Antenas can ping your location and track your movements. There's nothing you can fake here.

lugu2y ago

Put your device in front of a vertical metallic plan and have it vertically rotating slowly. You are now walking around your house. Wouldn't this work?

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0 pointsyieldcrv2y ago0 comments

I was thinking about an uber or courier service that takes your phone for a walk

Pretty much relying on the assumption that investigators will find stationary phones suspicious when they spy on you

Could put them in those charging lockboxes seen as airports and festivals, the infrastructure is already there

Guess I’ll market it to climate activists in europe lol

edit: maybe those delivery robots are even better couriers, since it fits the idea of getting a courier to come back to you better than an uber on the other side of town. risky but the fun kind.

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tempestn2y ago

If a stationary phone is suspicious, imagine how suspicious it'll look when prosecutors show someone was using that service.

yieldcrvOP2y ago

strength in numbers

dotancohen2y ago

Just leave the phone on a bus, somewhere hidden. Then "find" it later, or call the bus service if need be.

yieldcrvOP2y ago

I want to charge people a subscription service

thinkingemote2y ago

Given most activists are at university or are associates with university attendees, you should target it to students. One downside would be that it would only work within term time.

mensetmanusman2y ago

A bunch of radios confusing thousands of gps devices seems better.

zirgs2y ago

Can you fake it with an app somehow instead?

PartiallyTyped2y ago

Antenas can ping your location and track your movements. There's nothing you can fake here.

lugu2y ago

Put your device in front of a vertical metallic plan and have it vertically rotating slowly. You are now walking around your house. Wouldn't this work?

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse