Your phones are always watching and tracking

https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/racist-graffiti-cellphones-wi-fi-glenelg-md Four Maryland teenagers sneaked onto their school’s property the night before graduation last year and covered it in racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic graffiti. The Washington Post described how they got caught in a Tuesday story . It says they covered their faces during the hate crime, but didn’t realize their cellphones automatically connected to … Read more

Tool of the week: Rf Explorer

RF Explorer – ISM Combo and Handheld Spectrum Analyzer 240 – 960 MHz and 2.35 – 2.55 GHz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H4B9A0E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PlLiDbYF7E5WQ Wide band coverage to all popular sub-1Ghz ISM bands and 2.4GHz band, including 315MHz, 433MHz, 868MHzand 915MHz, 2.4GHz WiFi, Zigbee, also including UHF TV, 70cm and 33cm HAM radio, GSM, etc. Any frequency from 240MHzto 960MHz … Read more

Preseem releases access point paper

https://www.preseem.com/2019/06/wireless-access-point-market-insights/ Unlike spec sheets from manufacturers, Preseem collects real-world data from access points in all kinds of deployments and analyzes statistics at a top level to offer valuable insights. So, as part of our Fixed Wireless Network Report, we calculated wireless access point market insights on market share, connected subscriber count, performance on QoE metrics … Read more

Three Spacelink Satellites just floating

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7200885/SpaceX-loses-control-three-Starlink-internet-satellites-just-WEEKS-launch.html SpaceX has lost contact with three satellites in its new Starlink orbiting network, with the errant craft now destined to fall out of orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.  Granted, they launched 60 satellites and only three have been lost so far. That is a 5% failure rate so far.