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   hyolobrika@berserker.town's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 21:29:44 JST Hyolobrika

   Are there any open source GPS tag things?
   Maybe then I'll stop losing things.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 21:29:42 JST 翠星石

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     @Hyolobrika The license on source code or a development model doesn't seem to have anything to do with GPS tags.
     
     What's known as tracking tags currently don't actually use GPS - rather they use bluetooth and connect to tracking devices which then report to the proprietary overlords what the location of the tag is.
     
     
     You can buy a USB GPS receiver that reports the location over usb and you can use that with only free software, but the tag itself is proprietary.
     
     I don't know of any free hardware designs for GPS (maybe I could do with one without geofencing or speed restrictions so I can have GPS while I'm on fast trains or planes and certainly not for missiles), but maybe a SDR should be able to receive a GPS signal and then the problem is decoding it.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 22:04:37 JST 翠星石

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     @Hyolobrika >where I don't have to use proprietary software or big tech companies' services.
     Uh, GPS is a big tech companies service, as big tech companies put the satellites up there that are sending the signals?
     
     There are some GPS tags that determine their location and then send that to a companies server via a non-GPS satellite at set periods.
     
     It's not too hard to make a small device that can determine its location via GPS, the hard part is getting that information to you.
     
     
     No, even if all proprietary software was to magically became secure tomorrow, that wouldn't make it the slightest bit acceptable - as such would still trample over the 4 freedoms the same amount.
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     hyolobrika@berserker.town's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 22:04:38 JST Hyolobrika

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     @Suiseiseki
     I meant GPS tags where I don't have to use proprietary software or big tech companies' services.

     Come to think of it though, proprietary software and/or centralised services would be fine if they have been proven to be secure against manufacturer/developer/admin attacks.