Privacy-oriented Tile Alternative - eviltoast

Looking for an alternative to tiles.

I realize lowjacking your stuff is kind of against the idea of privacy in the first place, but the convenience of being able to find lost items is big.

Are there any other locators that can use cellular service or just use BLE?

  • johntash
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    29 days ago

    The biggest roadblock is that without a large user base, ble tracking is very limited.

    A lot of people use ble tracking inside their home with home assistant, but it wouldn’t be useful outside the home without access to more sensors(other users).

    You could diy a small gps+cellular device, but the battery would need charged or replaced more often. Maybe something like LoRa instead of cellular.

    I’d be interested in alternatives too, but am sticking with samsungs tracker thing for now.