Hello everyone and happy new year, i wonder is there something that allows you to detect that android device is near you? I want to create an app that will show me android devices that are near me, for scientific purposes. But without my app installed on their devices, so for example to take anything to identify the device model or name or something which will help me to detect is android device. Thank you :)
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Jump to PostWhere have you seen such a thing? My background was in defense where we would have passive sensing but I would be guessing what you are thinking here. Share what this sensing would be based on and what gear would be used.
For example one could set up a spectrum …
Jump to PostThen go ask about spectrum analyzers and how these are used to detect RF emissions passively. I consider myself lucky as I worked in the defense industry then commercial industrial controls and more. Today I'm on a team writing Android and other apps.
The only thing I worry about here …
Jump to PostThanks Assertnull.
I do own a lightweight device that detects WIF signals but it's quite dumb and is not as interesting as WiFi is almost everywhere. It certainly won't tell you if the source was Android or other.
As to the BLUETOOTH, I will call that cooperative discovery. But it …
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Let's try this again
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Thanks. What about that Stingray? Cool or scary?
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Nothing like it to bring out both cool and scary.
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