So we can't invoke it directly perhaps, but maybe we can get close?
What can I do to make this a single tap shortcut to get to the deeply
hidden "Maps" "Location permission" "Use precise location" toggle?
Unless someone has a better idea, I'm might soon try to use Automate + Shizuku since Automate can expose flows as homescreen shortcuts.
How to create a one-tap shortcut directly to the Google Maps
"Use precise location" toggle?--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
I already put into my homescreen shortcuts folder, one-tap shortcuts to:
Settings > Location > Location services
and to the one-level-deeper toggle for...
Settings > Location > Location services > Google Location Accuracy=on/off
But now I want a shortcut to the far more difficult deeply-ensconced
Settings > Apps > Maps > Permissions > Location > Use precise location=on/off
adb shell pm revoke com.google.android.apps.maps android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
adb shell pm grant com.google.android.apps.maps android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
1. I'm on a USA Samsung Galaxy A32-5G which is not known to be rootable.
2. I have Developer Options & USB debugging enabled.
3. I have adb installed on Windows & set up for the phone.
4. I have Llamalab's Automate & Jens' Automation (but not Tasker)
5. I have Shizuku enabled (over USB Debugging).
6. I have Muntashirakon App Manager (which creates shortcuts to activities) 7. I have <cemique> Shortcut Widgets & Inspector & <krow> Intents
8. I have <trianguloy> Instant Intent & <villavalta> Intent Launcher
9. I have <maigo> Intent Viewer & <balda> IntentTask
10. I have <sika524> QuickShortcutMaker & <atolphadev> Quikshort
11. I have <panagola> App Shortcuts & <bhanu> App Shortcut Maker
12. I have <vndnguyen> Shortcut Master Lite & <any> Shortcuts
13. I have <miotti> Shortcut To URL & <deltacdev> Website Shortcut
14. I have <szalkowski> Activity Launcher & <cunnj> Activities
15. I have <alextern> Shortcut Creator & <alextern> ShortcutExecutors
16. I have <rk> Shortcut Maker & <rk> Pinned Shortcuts
17. I have <activitymanager> Activity Manager & <leedroid> Shortcutter
18. And a few other debugging tools (e.g., <draco> local adb ladb)
I found the activity that I needed to make a one-tap shortcut to.
A. I turned on the <cemique> Shortcut Widgets & Inspector
B. I toggled Settings > Apps > Maps > Location > Use precise location = on
C. Shortcut Widgets & Inspector told me this activity was invoked:
<com.google.android.permissioncontroller/com.google.android.permissioncontroller.permission.ui.GrantPermissionsActivity>
D. In Muntashirakon, I created a homescreen shortcut to that activity
E. But tapping it just flashed (because only the system can invoke it)
So we can't invoke it directly perhaps, but maybe we can get close?
Hence, my next step may be to explore whether an intent can open the
Maps app info screen to reduce the tap count from 6 taps to 3 taps.
How to create a one-tap shortcut directly to the Google Maps
"Use precise location" toggle?
Why use google maps?
I strongly recommend OSMAND+ available on FDroid. You down load the map
info for the regions you require and all your map use is local to your phone, even route planning and directions.
And frankly google maps suck! The actual mapping is not that useful and omits lots of info - it relies on you choosing to plan a route to your destination, calculated at google, so that google has even more info
about you.
OSMAND+ is based on OpenStreetMap data and, certainly in my region, that info is far far superior to google maps.
It even often is better than
Ordnance Survey here in the UK, certainly at street level.
Why use google maps?
I strongly recommend OSMAND+ available on FDroid. You down load the map
info for the regions you require and all your map use is local to your >phone, even route planning and directions.
And frankly google maps suck! The actual mapping is not that useful and >omits lots of info - it relies on you choosing to plan a route to your >destination, calculated at google, so that google has even more info
about you.
On 11/1/25 12:47 PM, Jim Jackson wrote:
Why use google maps?
I strongly recommend OSMAND+ available on FDroid. You down load the
map info for the regions you require and all your map use is local to
your phone, even route planning and directions.
And frankly google maps suck! The actual mapping is not that useful
and omits lots of info - it relies on you choosing to plan a route to
your destination, calculated at google, so that google has even more
info about you.
It's been a few years since I took a trip so things may be different now.
But what I really liked about Google was the road warnings. Speed traps,
real time traffic conditions ahead, etc. And it takes a lot of regular
people on the road ahead to enter those warnings into Google. I've never
used the competition but wonder if there is enough folks using them to provide adequate warnings. Or do they even have the capability?
It turns out QuickShortcutMaker can make pinned or static shortcuts.
I prefer static because it works even if the creator is removed.
Save this, and you can open up anything your system will let you.
In a single tap.
It's been a few years since I took a trip so things may be different now.
But what I really liked about Google was the road warnings. Speed traps,
real time traffic conditions ahead, etc. And it takes a lot of regular
people on the road ahead to enter those warnings into Google. I've never
used the competition but wonder if there is enough folks using them to
provide adequate warnings. Or do they even have the capability?
TomTom does, to some extent. Depends on the city. You have to pay for
this service, maybe (not sure). And agree to share your own data,
otherwise you do not receive the aggregate information they generate.
But the information they collect stays solely inside TomTom.
This happens to be a list of apps I have currently installed.
Obviously you don't need all of them, but I test apps for learning.
Carlos E.R. wrote:
AJL wrote:
It's been a few years since I took a trip so things may be
different now. But what I really liked about Google was the road
warnings. Speed traps, real time traffic conditions ahead, etc.
And it takes a lot of regular people on the road ahead to enter
those warnings into Google. I've never used the competition but
wonder if there is enough folks using them to provide adequate
warnings. Or do they even have the capability?
TomTom does, to some extent. Depends on the city. You have to pay
for this service, maybe (not sure). And agree to share your own
data, otherwise you do not receive the aggregate information they
generate. But the information they collect stays solely inside
TomTom.
I concur with Carlos and AJL & Jim Jackson even as I haven't tested
car driving map routing apps in a while, as I use mainly Google &
OSMAnd~.
Specifically to AJL's point though, here, in California,
there are plenty of sites which will give you *far better* road
conditions than Google Maps.
My THEORY was that Google might be BEST to use since MORE people were
likely using it and thus MORE PEOPLE were likely ENTERING the CURRENT
road conditions into Google.
Road construction would likely be on all
the competing maps since it's there for days/weeks/months.
But a Highway
Patrol speed trap would be there for just a short time.
I was always on
my best behavior when one of those civilian entered warnings was ahead
and breathed a sigh of relief when I passed the trap unscathed. Thanks
fellow drivers and Google.
Another time an accident closed the freeway
ahead and because of the warning I was able to detour through a nearby
town and could see all the stopped freeway traffic as I cruised by on a parallel street.
Again my theory only works if considerably MORE folks use Google than
the competition. It's just a chance thing: more eyeballs, more warnings. (assuming of course that the competition has the civilian warning capability)...
how many people use Google Maps logged in?
Yup. I've had Google Maps warn me of them.
Someone is reporting them. Maybe the CHP?
I used to use a radar detector back east, where there's a speed trap
at every intersection, but they're not so much out here in California.
I'm not sure what the status is of the radar/lidar/helicopter detectors.
Are they still being used by folks?
Again my theory only works if considerably MORE folks use Google than
the competition. It's just a chance thing: more eyeballs, more warnings.
(assuming of course that the competition has the civilian warning
capability)...
I don't doubt almost everyone uses Google Maps on the road.
But I could be wrong. SO I looked it up.
<https://www.androidpolice.com/apple-ios-us-google-maps-navigation-apps/> <https://www.autoevolution.com/news/google-maps-is-the-top-navigation-app-apple-maps-close-to-overtaking-waze-230144.html>
70% Google Maps
27% Waze
20% to 25% Apple Maps (and growing)
5% HERE WeGo, MapQuest, and niche apps
On 11/2/25 9:43 PM, Marion wrote:
how many people use Google Maps logged in?
On all my Android/Google stuff if I log into one Google app I'm
automatically logged into all the rest of the Google apps on the device. If Google Maps isn't on the device, when I later install it, it's logged in
with no further effort on my part. Same on this Chromebook I'm posting with BTW. So my GUESS is that when most folks add Google Maps to their working Android device it's signed in automatically.
radar on a local street. Got a guy going way over. When he got outYup. I've had Google Maps warn me of them. Someone is reporting them.
Maybe the CHP?
I doubt cops would report on themselves. In my case it was definitely other civilian users.
I used to use a radar detector back east, where there's a speed trap
at every intersection, but they're not so much out here in California.
Funny story. I think you know where I'm retired from. I was working >
of the car and saw he was caught, he grabbed his radar detector off
the dash and started stomping on it cause it apparently wasn't
working so good... ;)
On 2025-11-03 06:47, AJL wrote:
On 11/2/25 9:43 PM, Marion wrote:
how many people use Google Maps logged in?
On all my Android/Google stuff if I log into one Google app I'm
automatically logged into all the rest of the Google apps on the device. If >> Google Maps isn't on the device, when I later install it, it's logged in
with no further effort on my part. Same on this Chromebook I'm posting with >> BTW. So my GUESS is that when most folks add Google Maps to their working
Android device it's signed in automatically.
Certainly. Almost everybody uses their android phones logged into them,
and thus, to google maps.
I don't personally know any friend that is not logged to Google
permanently. Well, yes, some may log into Apple instead X-D
Yup. I've had Google Maps warn me of them. Someone is reporting them.
Maybe the CHP?
I doubt cops would report on themselves. In my case it was definitely other >> civilian users.
I used to use a radar detector back east, where there's a speed trap
at every intersection, but they're not so much out here in California.
Funny story. I think you know where I'm retired from. I was working >radar on a local street. Got a guy going way over. When he got out
of the car and saw he was caught, he grabbed his radar detector off
the dash and started stomping on it cause it apparently wasn't
working so good... ;)
:-D
Detectors are illegal here. Even carrying one might get you a fine.
On all my Android/Google stuff if I log into one Google app I'm
automatically logged into all the rest of the Google apps on the device. If >> Google Maps isn't on the device, when I later install it, it's logged in
with no further effort on my part. Same on this Chromebook I'm posting with >> BTW. So my GUESS is that when most folks add Google Maps to their working
Android device it's signed in automatically.
Certainly. Almost everybody uses their android phones logged into them,
and thus, to google maps.
I don't personally know any friend that is not logged to Google
permanently. Well, yes, some may log into Apple instead X-D
Yup. I've had Google Maps warn me of them. Someone is reporting them.
Maybe the CHP?
I doubt cops would report on themselves. In my case it was definitely other >> civilian users.
I used to use a radar detector back east, where there's a speed trap
at every intersection, but they're not so much out here in California.
Funny story. I think you know where I'm retired from. I was working >
radar on a local street. Got a guy going way over. When he got out
of the car and saw he was caught, he grabbed his radar detector off
the dash and started stomping on it cause it apparently wasn't
working so good... ;)
Detectors are illegal here. Even carrying one might get you a fine.
On my regular Android tablet/phone toys I had no choice but to log into
Google or I couldn't get past the first few screens. And from there all
additional installed Google apps were signed in automatically.
I Think most Android devices are like mine.
AJL wrote:
On my regular Android tablet/phone toys I had no choice but to log into
Google or I couldn't get past the first few screens. And from there all
additional installed Google apps were signed in automatically.
Hi AJL,
I don't understand that statement, but I'm probably not used to what you're >setup is like. As far as I'm aware, there's no need to log int Palo Alto >servers for Android to work.
Of course, if you want to use specific apps, such as Google Voice &
Google's GMail app, then you do need to log into Palo Alto servers.
But if you just want to install apps, or watch/download/rip YouTube videos, >there's no need to log into a Google server to do that basic stuff.
If you want a calendar, and if it must be Google's calendar, then yes, you >need to log into Google's servers. But only if it must be Google's
calendar, which, I'm sure, ties nicely into the Google email but you can
get your Google email without using the GMail app (e.g., with FairEmail).
Also, if you want to *pay* for apps, then, yes, you need to log in.
I Think most Android devices are like mine.
I would think 99% of Android devices automatically log into a Google
Account, but my main caveat about that practice is that anyone who logs
into any account that they don't have to log into, can't complain that they >have no privacy (because it's their fault, for the most part).
Yes, it's the fault of the bad guys too, but privacy is like personal
hygiene where we have to stay clean every moment of our working day.
On 11/3/25 5:38 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-11-03 06:47, AJL wrote:
On 11/2/25 9:43 PM, Marion wrote:
Yup. I've had Google Maps warn me of them. Someone is reporting
them. Maybe the CHP?
I doubt cops would report on themselves. In my case it was definitely
other
civilian users.
I used to use a radar detector back east, where there's a speed trap
at every intersection, but they're not so much out here in California.
Funny story. I think you know where I'm retired from. I was working
radar on a local street. Got a guy going way over. When he got out
of the car and saw he was caught, he grabbed his radar detector off
the dash and started stomping on it cause it apparently wasn't
working so good... ;)
:-D
Another funny story. As a motorcycle cop I worked mostly traffic. When I wasn't doing accident investigation I often worked citizen complaints. One guy called in a complaint of speeders on his residential street. So when I had some free time I went to his house. I tried to contact him but he
wasn't home so I parked my MC in his driveway and worked radar on his
street and would have left a note for him so that he knew I had been there working his complaint. But guess who was one of the ones I caught? Yep,
him.
Detectors are illegal here. Even carrying one might get you a fine.
In the early days of police radar they were large machines that had to be carried in cars and stayed fixed on the roadway constantly so detectors worked pretty well. But later we went to handheld guns (easily carried on a MC). When in use the gun was held pointed at the ground until the the car
was in range and then it was pointed at the car. I got a reading about the same time the guy's detector would go off and thus he had no time to slow down so the detector didn't do much good.
I don't know anyone that has a detector these days but I see Amazon has
them for sale...
Carlos E.R. wrote:
On all my Android/Google stuff if I log into one Google app I'm
automatically logged into all the rest of the Google apps on the device. If >>> Google Maps isn't on the device, when I later install it, it's logged in >>> with no further effort on my part. Same on this Chromebook I'm posting with >>> BTW. So my GUESS is that when most folks add Google Maps to their working >>> Android device it's signed in automatically.
Certainly. Almost everybody uses their android phones logged into them,
and thus, to google maps.
I concur with AJL & Carlos, where I would simply like to add value.
Just to be clear for all, while, on my phone, I can't log into my Google Accounts (yes, I have many), I would agree most people almost certainly do.
But my only point about that is those same people can't logically complain about the lack of privacy - where this thread is about location privacy.
On 2025-11-03 16:57, AJL wrote:
Detectors are illegal here. Even carrying one might get you a fine.In the early days of police radar they were large machines that had to be
carried in cars and stayed fixed on the roadway constantly so detectors
worked pretty well. But later we went to handheld guns (easily carried on a >> MC). When in use the gun was held pointed at the ground until the the car
was in range and then it was pointed at the car. I got a reading about the >> same time the guy's detector would go off and thus he had no time to slow
down so the detector didn't do much good.
I don't know anyone that has a detector these days but I see Amazon has
them for sale...
Apparently (I say apparently because I have never owned such a device)
the common type of detector also does interference. At the first
detection of the radar, it interferes with it so that the measurement
fails. It beeps; the driver slows, and the second time the car is within >limits. This is highly illegal.
There is another type which is only a sensor. It works here with the
type of radar that is constantly on catching the traffic automatically.
It is also illegal here.
And then there is the legal type, which is a device without a display,
or not a graphical display, which beeps if you are near the stored
location of a known radar. Obviously it has a GPS receiver. I don't know
why people bought this instead of a navigator. Maybe because they are >illegal in some countries, thus used in disguise?
These days perhaps I should worry more about my insurance than the cops.
From what I read modern cars are fully connected to the manufacturer and data (including speed and the local speed limit) are sometimes shared with insurance companies...
But my only point about that is those same people can't logically complain >> about the lack of privacy - where this thread is about location privacy.
Notice that most people would not complain about "the company" having
the data, but complain about others having access to that data.
We also complain about "the company" using the data in hidden ways, in
ways different that what they said they do. Ie, when they are found out doing something that, for instance, is illegal in the EU.
Another complaint we have is that USA companies with servers in the EU,
so that they claim that the data resides in the EU and never leaves the
EU, nonetheless there is a law that allows the USA government to collect that data from any USA based company at servers outside of the USA.
Which is the reason that several countries are realizing this and
migrating from Microsoft services to other EU based companies with no
USA ties.
(The USA has a tradition of forcing their laws extraterritorially)
Just as a test I factory reset my latest toy, a 7" ONN Android tablet. I
then started it from scratch. The first few screens were welcome and WiFi
connection. Then came the sign in to Google page. It won't go past there
without signing in. IIRC my other Android toys were the same but I'm not
going to factory reset all of them just to see for sure... 8-O
And I admit that I really can't speak for the other 1000+ Android gadgets
out there.
Yes, it's the fault of the bad guys too, but privacy is like personal >>hygiene where we have to stay clean every moment of our working day.
I don't worry about privacy if you're talking about bits and bytes on a
server somewhere. WE (you and I, and most all of us) have none of that kind
of privacy anyway.
For example your doctor records, tax records, car
registration, home registration, bank records, etc,etc,etc, are all on a
server somewhere available for access.
And if you're worried about a human
looking at them you have a much bigger chance of a doctor's secretary
looking at your really personal stuff than I do having a human picking me
out of billions of Google accounts to look at.
But bottom line we're all in
the cloud big time. The best one can do is try and stay safe. That's one
reason I use this Google Chromebook for sensitive stuff. It currently has
the best reputation for security among the competition...
At a job some years ago, a young colleague found the insurance as novice driver was very expensive. He struck a deal by which the insurance
tracked him with a special GPS on the car, and based on what roads he
used, they charged. They consider driving on big cities more dangerous,
so staying out of those, which was easy for him, they charged less. Win
win. That could be 2010.
Another twist. I understand new cars on the EU beep if you speed too
much for the road, tracking this with a GPS and a map. The next goal
will be that the car will refuse to speed up over the limit.
On 2025-11-04 00:24, AJL wrote:
These days perhaps I should worry more about my insurance than the cops.
From what I read modern cars are fully connected to the manufacturer and
data (including speed and the local speed limit) are sometimes shared with >> insurance companies...
At a job some years ago, a young colleague found the insurance as novice >driver was very expensive. He struck a deal by which the insurance
tracked him with a special GPS on the car, and based on what roads he
used, they charged. They consider driving on big cities more dangerous,
so staying out of those, which was easy for him, they charged less. Win
win. That could be 2010.
Another twist. I understand new cars on the EU beep if you speed too
much for the road, tracking this with a GPS and a map. The next goal
will be that the car will refuse to speed up over the limit.
Regarding AJL's point about pointing the gun down and Carlos' point about >reflection, if a huge semi is behind you and you're on a motorcycle, we've >always been told the gun will read the truck more likely than reading you.
AJL can expound on that, plus for those who don't know about the cosine, it >matters greatly the angle where the cop tries to be head on if possible.
Our Arizona legislature is just now thinking of a law that instead of revolking a serious violators drivers license the perpetrater would agree
to have a governor installed on his car that would NOT allow him to go over the speed limit.
In the USA, radar jamming is illegal because you can't transmit on licensed frequencies, but you can receive and decipher the signals on those frequencies.
On 11/3/25 6:19 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2025-11-04 00:24, AJL wrote:
These days perhaps I should worry more about my insurance than the cops. >>> Â From what I read modern cars are fully connected to the manufacturer
and
data (including speed and the local speed limit) are sometimes shared
with
insurance companies...
At a job some years ago, a young colleague found the insurance as
novice driver was very expensive. He struck a deal by which the
insurance tracked him with a special GPS on the car, and based on what
roads he used, they charged. They consider driving on big cities more
dangerous, so staying out of those, which was easy for him, they
charged less. Win win. That could be 2010.
Wow. My insurance company dictates my travels? Scary...
Another twist. I understand new cars on the EU beep if you speed too
much for the road, tracking this with a GPS and a map. The next goal
will be that the car will refuse to speed up over the limit.
Our Arizona legislature is just now thinking of a law that instead of revolking a serious violators drivers license the perpetrater would agree
to have a governor installed on his car that would NOT allow him to go over the speed limit. Sounds dangerous to me. IMO those who don't go with the
flow of traffic, above or below the speed limit, are the dangerous ones.
Our Arizona speed law 28-701a is a reasonable and prudent law. The speed signs are just a guide. So going with the flow doesn't necessarily break
the speed law if the flow is faster. And actually the speed signs get
pretty close to the actual traffic because Phoenix periodically measures
the traffic flow and resets the speed signs to match if needed. Also
another incentive is that our stoplights are timed so going the speed limit often gets you all greens crossing town...
AJL wrote:
Our Arizona legislature is just now thinking of a law that instead of
revolking a serious violators drivers license the perpetrater would agree
to have a governor installed on his car that would NOT allow him to go
over
the speed limit.
All new cars that meet the latest EU regulations are required to beep at
you when you exceed the speed limit, they don't actually prevent you speeding, and the beeps are allowed to be turned off ... but give it a
few years.
On 2025-11-04 03:59, AJL wrote:
At a job some years ago, a young colleague found the insurance as
novice driver was very expensive. He struck a deal by which the
insurance tracked him with a special GPS on the car, and based on what
roads he used, they charged. They consider driving on big cities more
dangerous, so staying out of those, which was easy for him, they
charged less. Win win. That could be 2010.
Wow. My insurance company dictates my travels? Scary...
Well, the alternative is pay the way higher fee for travelling on the
nation capital city, even if you are hundreds KM away. As he was a
novice driver, he saved about half of the fee or more.
It is your choice :-)
AJL wrote:
Our Arizona legislature is just now thinking of a law that instead of
revolking a serious violators drivers license the perpetrater would agree
to have a governor installed on his car that would NOT allow him to go over >> the speed limit.
All new cars that meet the latest EU regulations are required to beep at
you when you exceed the speed limit, they don't actually prevent you >speeding, and the beeps are allowed to be turned off ... but give it a
few years.
The semi thing is true. Also if there were 2 cars in the radar field, one
behind the other, the guns I used usually picked the faster no matter their
position so I didn't know which car I was reading. And yes I needed to be
at the edge of the road for a straight shot. Officers took several hours of
radar training before being radar qualified and all that was taken into
consideration. In a good spot (we called them fishing holes) I didn't need
to mess with the close or questionable ones anyway. In fishing holes I
often gave 20 or 25 over the posted limit before giving a citation. I never
messed with the close or questionable ones. First while I was writing one,
much better catches would be whizzing by. And second I hated going to court
and many close ones thought they wern't guilty and went to court. But the
way way over the limit ones knew they were guilty and just paid the
ticket...
In the USA, radar jamming is illegal because you can't transmit on licensed >> frequencies, but you can receive and decipher the signals on those
frequencies.
In France it's illegal to use devices that detect radar or laser speed measuring equipment; smartphones can't even use GPS to inform you of
speed camera locations ...
Wow. My insurance company dictates my travels? Scary...
We could dig up the story as it was infamous at the time it happened.
AJL wrote:
The semi thing is true. Also if there were 2 cars in the radar field, one
behind the other, the guns I used usually picked the faster no matter their >> position so I didn't know which car I was reading. And yes I needed to be >> at the edge of the road for a straight shot. Officers took several hours of >> radar training before being radar qualified and all that was taken into
consideration. In a good spot (we called them fishing holes) I didn't need >> to mess with the close or questionable ones anyway. In fishing holes I
often gave 20 or 25 over the posted limit before giving a citation. I never >> messed with the close or questionable ones. First while I was writing one, >> much better catches would be whizzing by. And second I hated going to court >> and many close ones thought they wern't guilty and went to court. But the >> way way over the limit ones knew they were guilty and just paid the
ticket...
Thank you AJL for your insight (maybe we should add alt.law.enforcement :)
Back East, where speed traps are a revenue machine (the town gets the
money, not the state, whereas, I'm told out here, the state gets the money
so the town has no special incentive), the radar detector was de rigueur.
I always wondered though what would happen in court if I had contested a >ticket, but the radar detector must've worked well enough as I did drive >faster in those heady days of my youth (now I drive like an old lady).
I always wondered, for example, if the cop was reading a different vehicle, >which perhaps was more reflective in terms of signal strength - but how
would I prove it? It'd be impossible in those days of no dash cams.
Also, we were told to ALWAYS force the cop to produce his calibration >certificate, which was just a hurdle that he might not be able to show the >judge and then the judge would throw it out of court.
Also, we were told, that we should dispute every ticket, given sometimes
the cop doesn't show - but I doubt that would work as they'd just schedule >another case and only college kids have enough time to waste for that game.
In my experience, nobody ticketed me ever for just ten miles, but one cop >said he'd "give me a break" for dropping it below 30 over the limit.
Again, that's not bragging. I drive like a little old lady now.
But then... I was young... and invincible...
Back to jamming, there are famous stories of people jamming on their daily commute where the government spent weeks finding them so it's not easy.
As I recall, there were complaints from a local utility about an
unauthorized interference, and then when the FACC investigated, it happened at the same commute time every day of the week except weekends. :)
We could dig up the story as it was infamous at the time it happened.
Marion wrote:
Back to jamming, there are famous stories of people jamming on their daily >> commute where the government spent weeks finding them so it's not easy.
As I recall, there were complaints from a local utility about an
unauthorized interference, and then when the FACC investigated, it happened >> at the same commute time every day of the week except weekends. :)
We could dig up the story as it was infamous at the time it happened.
I looked up that infamous Florida-commuter radar-jammer FCC tracking case.
Radar jamming is illegal in the USA:
<https://www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement>
This is the official FCC ruling against Jason R. Humphreys, who used a
jammer for up to two years on Interstate 4.
<https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-fines-florida-driver-48k-jamming-communications>
Here's a summary of what happened back in 2013 and 2014 as I recall...
1. A local wireless provider noticed repeated interference on a specific stretch of highway during morning and evening rush hours.
2. The interference disrupted not only personal calls but also emergency communications.
3. The FCC launched an investigation and used direction-finding equipment
to trace the source.
4. After weeks of tracking, they discovered a man commuting with a powerful cellphone jammer hidden in his vehicle.
5. The FCC fined the individual $48,000 for illegal use of a jamming
device.
News stories on the case...--
<https://www.motorbiscuit.com/florida-man-fined-48k-jamming-phones-distracted-driving/>
<https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/man-put-cell-phone-jammer-in-car-to-stop-driver-calls-fcc-says/>
<https://incompliancemag.com/florida-man-fined-48000-for-blocking-communications-during-his-commute/>
Marion wrote:
In the USA, radar jamming is illegal because you can't transmit on licensed >> frequencies, but you can receive and decipher the signals on those
frequencies.
In France it's illegal to use devices that detect radar or laser speed measuring equipment;
smartphones can't even use GPS to inform you of
speed camera locations ...
4. After weeks of tracking, they discovered a man commuting with a powerful >> cellphone jammer hidden in his vehicle.
Ah, not radar jamming. Nut case.
5. The FCC fined the individual $48,000 for illegal use of a jamming
device.
Good.
AJL wrote:
Just as a test I factory reset my latest toy, a 7" ONN Android tablet. I
then started it from scratch. The first few screens were welcome and WiFi >> connection. Then came the sign in to Google page. It won't go past there
without signing in. IIRC my other Android toys were the same but I'm not
going to factory reset all of them just to see for sure... 8-O
And I admit that I really can't speak for the other 1000+ Android gadgets
out there.
Every Android I've had for, oh, I don't know, ten or more years, I haven't >signed into a Google Account on it. You just have to find the skip button.
Even Google says you don't need to have an account to use Android.
<https://support.google.com/android/answer/7664951>
Yes, it's the fault of the bad guys too, but privacy is like personal >>>hygiene where we have to stay clean every moment of our working day.
I don't worry about privacy if you're talking about bits and bytes on a
server somewhere. WE (you and I, and most all of us) have none of that kind >> of privacy anyway.
I agree with you that the worst thing they get is pictures of our pets.
But the point about hygiene is apropos that privacy has to be practiced.
It's also disgusting to me that Google & Apple throw mud on our hygiene.
For example, they hoover up our Wi-Fi access points without asking us.
For example your doctor records, tax records, car
registration, home registration, bank records, etc,etc,etc, are all on a
server somewhere available for access.
What pisses me off, is when the Capitol rioters were being apprehended, the >government used license databases which is, to me, an abuse of power.
I'm not defending the rioters, but I don't like the fact they looked up a >database which contains me, and I had nothing to do with those riots.
They abuse privileges, e.g., your SSN is used in places that have nothing
to do with social security payments. It's abuse. Rampant abuse. It irks me.
And if you're worried about a human
looking at them you have a much bigger chance of a doctor's secretary
looking at your really personal stuff than I do having a human picking me >> out of billions of Google accounts to look at.
See my recent comment to Carlos, where I'm in my 80s and I seem to be >spending more time at the doctor's office than at the local pool hall.
The receptionist today assured me that the medical records will be kept >private when I objected that they asked for information they didn't need.
But bottom line we're all in
the cloud big time. The best one can do is try and stay safe. That's one
reason I use this Google Chromebook for sensitive stuff. It currently has >> the best reputation for security among the competition...
Well, most of us have had loans for homes, so bingo. You're in it forever.
I always give them a bogus phone number, for example, which I've used for
so long it may as well be my phone number. But if I change it, I'd forget >what it was.
Carlos E.R. wrote:
4. After weeks of tracking, they discovered a man commuting with a powerful >>> cellphone jammer hidden in his vehicle.
Ah, not radar jamming. Nut case.
Yeah. It was about a decade ago, and while my memory is generally fantastic (you cannot possibly earn technical degrees without an excellent memory), even my astoundingly fantastic memory is not infallibly perfect.
The guy just didn't like people talking on their phones, so he jammed them. Even the sheriff who pulled him over had his own police radio jammed.
5. The FCC fined the individual $48,000 for illegal use of a jamming
device.
Good.
I dug as deeply as I could and it turns out the FCC "proposed" a fine of
48K and the guy never responded it to they "imposed" the fine.
But I searched for quite a while to find out if he ever paid that fine.
I can't find any indication that he paid it.
He was so far to the left that he'd fit in perfectly here in California.
Not so much in Florida, as Democrats are always taking away your rights.
Republicans are not better, but they do seem to let you keep your basic
human rights whereas Democrats aim to destroy the Bill of Rights.
Republicans just don't care about us.
Democrats only care to control us.
I wish there were sensible people in between.
Sigh.
Even Google says you don't need to have an account to use Android.
<https://support.google.com/android/answer/7664951>
But Google didn't manufacture my toys. The Chinese and Koreans are the ones
who made the decision to lock my stuff to Google.
It's also disgusting to me that Google & Apple throw mud on our hygiene. >>For example, they hoover up our Wi-Fi access points without asking us.
Not sure what you mean here. Hoover up the WiFi?
What pisses me off, is when the Capitol rioters were being apprehended, the >>government used license databases which is, to me, an abuse of power.
When I was working, when I pulled over a car I called in the plate. That
checked several local and national databases. More than once over the years
it came back with a wanted felon, or stolen car, etc. With that info I knew
to wait for a backup before making a felony arrest, perhaps saving me
injury or worse, had I approached the drivers window alone without that
database info. So not surprisingly I'm a fan of databases...
I'm not defending the rioters, but I don't like the fact they looked up a >>database which contains me, and I had nothing to do with those riots.
Whatever the database you were likely just one of millions. Had you lived in
Arizona you would be in several databases, all available to law
enforcement.
They abuse privileges, e.g., your SSN is used in places that have nothing >>to do with social security payments. It's abuse. Rampant abuse. It irks me.
In recent years I've refused to give my SSN when requested.
No problems so
far. Some sites demand my phone number which I prefer not to give but won't
let me go on without it. Surprisingly they've all accepted me entering all
zeros so far. Dumb programming?
The receptionist today assured me that the medical records will be kept >>private when I objected that they asked for information they didn't need.
Yup. My doc too. But they accepted my refusal of the SSN.
Well, most of us have had loans for homes, so bingo. You're in it forever.
My house is paid off and I'm still in the database...
I always give them a bogus phone number, for example, which I've used for >>so long it may as well be my phone number. But if I change it, I'd forget >>what it was.
If they stop taking zeros for my phone number I may try that. I just don't
want to give out a real number and cause somebody a hassle...
I wish there were sensible people in between.
Sigh.
Over here, what the guy did fits as typical American. Taking justice
into his own hands with disregard for the society. Similar to entering a school or church and shooting everybody in sight. Or a policeman disregarding due process and killing the alleged bad guys disregarding bosses and courts and with no repercussions, as seen in thousands of American movies. Nothing to do with being Republican or Democrat.
Most people don't realize that I could track you (if I was a bad guy who
knew enough) from anywhere in the world, simply by your Wi-Fi fingerprint.
Most people don't realize that I could track you (if I was a bad guy who >>knew enough) from anywhere in the world, simply by your Wi-Fi fingerprint.
My internet/WiFi provider tracks me. Google tracks me. My car tracks me.
License plate readers track me. My credit card company tracks me. Numerous
cameras track me. The businesses I shop at track me (through my credit
card). My insurance company tracks my medical procedures. On and on. I
don't think it's a secret that folks are being tracked these days. I
suppose it's the price we pay for our modern electronic living. I'm
currently reading a book on world history and so far haven't found a period
I'd rather live in, even with no tracking. Perhaps ancient Egypt for you...
AJL wrote:
Most people don't realize that I could track you (if I was a bad guy who >>>knew enough) from anywhere in the world, simply by your Wi-Fi fingerprint. >>My internet/WiFi provider tracks me. Google tracks me. My car tracks me.
License plate readers track me. My credit card company tracks me. Numerous >> cameras track me. The businesses I shop at track me (through my credit
card). My insurance company tracks my medical procedures. On and on. I
don't think it's a secret that folks are being tracked these days. I
suppose it's the price we pay for our modern electronic living. I'm
currently reading a book on world history and so far haven't found a period >> I'd rather live in, even with no tracking. Perhaps ancient Egypt for you...
I get it where my main sagacious point to the newsgroup is that suicide >(actually, privacy suicide in this case) is the easy way out of effort.
I can't help but fully understand that privacy suicide is easy.
I'll bet Google can even find some stuff on you...
AJL wrote:
I'll bet Google can even find some stuff on you...Often my tutorials are on the front page of Google search hits.
AJL wrote:
I'll bet Google can even find some stuff on you...
Often my tutorials are on the front page of Google search hits.
Carlos E.R. wrote:
I wish there were sensible people in between.
Sigh.
Over here, what the guy did fits as typical American. Taking justice
into his own hands with disregard for the society. Similar to entering a
school or church and shooting everybody in sight. Or a policeman
disregarding due process and killing the alleged bad guys disregarding
bosses and courts and with no repercussions, as seen in thousands of
American movies. Nothing to do with being Republican or Democrat.
All of what you say happens. For sure. It happens. In the USA anyway.
My kids are all grown up now, and they have kids themselves, but we all
agree school shootings are hyped by the Democrats for political purposes.
The Germans hyped all the crimes by the Jews in the 1930s the same way.
Hearst hyped the blowing up of the Maine for the same reasons.
While it happens, it's all political bullshit blown out of proportion.
Same as Covid was. Where's Covid now for example?
The Covid of the past was Democrat party hype.
But don't get me wrong, as the Republicans hype different stuff.
Hell, Trump hyped immigrants eating pets and he still got elected.
Politics is sleazy all around.
Out here, there's really very little difference between a Democrat and a Republican simply because in the USA we don't disagree all that much.
So much of what is their "agenda" is simply think-tank bullshit.
Anyone who believes their agenda fully, is a parrot.
Their agendas don't even make any sense.
For example, one party wants to ban guns to save lives.
That same party wants to kill babies so mothers can have choice.
... yet...
The other party wants to restrict the right of killing babies...
and yet, doesn't want to ban guns.
You'd think there'd be a party that had consistent goals:
Save lives by banning guns, and,
Save lives by not killing babies.
Logic doesn't exist in politics.
Most people don't realize that I could track you (if I was a bad guy who
knew enough) from anywhere in the world, simply by your Wi-Fi fingerprint.
Most people don't realize that I could track you (if I was a bad guy who
knew enough) from anywhere in the world, simply by your Wi-Fi fingerprint.
Go on, then. I dare you.
Where am I currently (city and country will do)?
And where have I been in the last two weeks?
I've moved around a fair bit so will be a good test.
What wifi fingerprint information that's in the public domain do you need?
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