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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does this count:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Many malls in Toronto have this. And as others have said, airports. Pearson International included.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can still use the "Shift + F10 and type OOBE/BYPASSNRO" option. A non-online method is still necessary for corporate environments that use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) or other tools to image computers in bulk. See more details here: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/door-slammed-on-last-remaining-easy-windows-11-local-account-setup-workaround

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I gotta hand it to Samsung that they outline all the open source licences they use, at least in their Galaxy smartphone products:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Alone. Phone's unplugged. Ignoring calls even though no one does.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (28 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, it is turned on by default. You can opt-out if you'd like. Here's a pretty good article that covers it all: https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/

Samsung SmartTags "Find" network is opt-in, which stagnated the growth of their network.

Tile's network is naturally opt-in as it requires us to install the app, and therefore has the lowest coverage from my understanding.

I recall seeing the following approximate numbers:

  • Apple: 1,000,000,000
  • Samsung: 300,000,000
  • Tile: 35,000,000

Battery and data usage are negligible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's how it's expected to work, yes. As does Samsung SmartTags, and Tiles. These tracking devices (that we purchase and opt-in for) are a net positive in most cases. How else would we expect them to work if not for Bluetooth beacons (and UWB)?

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