2026-08-02T01:48:05Z https://nostr.ae BeaconDB https://nostr.ae/npub1am6rpn7c44t5c2x6j0tyke9mgpqy6lngc7lxg3ge86mp4q2r3f0qey4z5c https://mapstodata.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/112/759/820/234/430/891/original/a28a0420f1d03cd2.png https://mapstodata.s3.eu-west-par.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/112/759/820/234/430/891/original/a28a0420f1d03cd2.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg45shejhfwu0ms5cyk2d9ee9mllyej5g5le95fsrspjl5xtxlvtczyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99u7yrxgc Hey folks, there has been a fair bit of discussion this week regarding what the community expects from data dumps, and I&#39;ve realised that obfuscating WiFi AP identifiers may actually be interfering with what the community wants: portable, open data - not some restrictive binary blob.<br/><br/>How would people feel if AP MAC+SSIDs were plaintext in the dumps, instead of obfuscated like originally planned? If an AP moved, it would still be blocked from the database for at least a year to prevent tracking. 2025-03-03T14:34:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ulpx4ux36d6acv8tp3qu0h498tsj9n695fl2e5rw8ntam7rjr9gzyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99uhry6n4 We just hit 800k cell towers?!? This jump in new cell towers being discovered is actually crazy. Thanks everyone ❤️<br/><br/>Graph by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fazd88vuvgtn9py0zdnd2ywc7w4urzaexah6yndcu3t7gg9erq4stj92lv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pinguin :debian: :matrix:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1faz…92lv</span>)</a></span>: <a href="https://beacondb.derpingu.in/cell.svg">https://beacondb.derpingu.in/cell.svg</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mapstodonspace/media_attachments/files/113/729/434/488/735/622/original/fc7e80e4b84e8cb0.png"> <br/> 2024-12-28T08:21:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy40fjw6ng5c0tn23z4ferqegddwuudfshd3vseshsmlkfj6r8jlgzyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99unfukfz 15M networks!!<br/><br/>1M new networks submitted in just the past week, that&#39;s insane 2024-12-18T23:50:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpuq2xetc22sx2rsst3nsxqetxnltu0alrv5n7s9nyktffq9s7xczyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99u80npm6 Are you a fellow Australian interested in open data? If so, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub198rz4mlqe9u3dmh4fyjktz9uyjldmmg4an9msknf6c5tpmnxlwwqgxdku3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>eatham</span> (<span class="italic">npub198r…dku3</span>)</a></span> and I are starting up libre.net.au - a new online community to collect, publish and analyse datasets down under. 🇦🇺 <br/><br/>We&#39;re currently collecting raw pricing data for Aldi, Coles and Woolworths, and we&#39;ve just started working on an open database of grocery products to support tracking and comparing prices across #Australia.<br/><br/>Come join us on Matrix!<br/><br/><a href="https://libre.net.au/">https://libre.net.au/</a><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17s26ll00dgamqey73favsw3kt0urn8xrd7x4ajzauwcpjuvv5d8shk3cex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>libre.net.au</span> (<span class="italic">npub17s2…3cex</span>)</a></span> 2024-11-19T05:52:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2grvnj95ejlwj77a3wt9agn85mqhpfgh2ps0660er3xygvel6pgzyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99u7fxnav In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqaq5ajhvvu8esznnws6lsm5v0jay46t2axwha0vsyvk4fxs7zfrqhhwvty'>nevent1q…wvty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not directly, as OpenCellID data is licensed under CC BY SA and I&#39;d like to keep the data BeaconDB distributes as open as possible (preferably CC0).<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure that people will combine data that will be distributed with OpenCellID though. 2024-11-04T23:40:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszxern6pg6s3vjygsdn8azjuluyg6l4cz8nu50chmke5gaxw4sa5czyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99u0yq3fn BeaconDB just hit 10 *million* WiFi networks!!! 🎉 <br/><br/>I honestly can&#39;t believe the amount of data that has been submitted (thank you!), and I&#39;m really excited to see what the future holds for this project &lt;3<br/><br/>Now that there are more contributors, I&#39;ve increased the detail shown on the map by another level: <a href="https://beacondb.net/map/">https://beacondb.net/map/</a> 2024-11-02T11:14:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhvzkul75ldq5520ngf9fgxvg23zxl79w6qz0hgvrm9rsruvjxrqzyrh0gvx0mzk4wnpgm2favjmyhdqyqnt7drrmuez9ryltvx5pgw99usvh5yu BeaconDB is now well over 5 million networks, at 5.5M!! The community has been collecting data at an incredible speed and is now submitting ~100k new networks per day. 😎 <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fazd88vuvgtn9py0zdnd2ywc7w4urzaexah6yndcu3t7gg9erq4stj92lv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pinguin :debian: :matrix:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1faz…92lv</span>)</a></span> has built a website you can use to see how BeaconDB has grown over the past few months. Check it out: <a href="https://beacondb.derpingu.in/">https://beacondb.derpingu.in/</a> 2024-09-09T06:01:57Z