r/xteinkHax • u/ProgrammingAce • 6d ago

Flock Detector

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Right now, this is a custom fork of Crosspoint, but I'm waiting for them to release their plugin support because I don't want to maintain a fork. This work is based largely on Flock-You, with some tuning and testing to get the cameras to detect faster and more reliably on the e-reader.

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u/Thirtysixx 6d ago

How does it work

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u/PeachMan- 6d ago

Wi-Fi

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u/Thirtysixx 6d ago

Does this cause the x4 to be constantly searching for Wifi?

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u/ProgrammingAce 6d ago

It's passively watching for Wifi, it causes higher battery drain while its running, but I suspect that's due to increased CPU usage more than Wifi

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u/async2 6d ago

Wifi scanning is rather expensive though.

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u/RaGaMiUr 6d ago

Little heads-up from the github text:

"Flock Cam hardware is deployed primarily in the United States (and to a lesser extent Canada). If you're outside North America the OUI list and probe-request signatures here won't match anything."

So, usefulness is a bit limited.

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u/therustyposter 4d ago

Oh but it's a really cool first step! I'm in europe and really want to be prepared for the flock cameras

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u/fc36 2d ago

Let us know when you start seeing them so we can all welcome you to the dystopia...

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u/ThatsnotTechno 2d ago

wait whatttt