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How can you leave that 'in a McDonalds for days'? I bet it would be nicked within the hour (by someone thinking it's just a charger).
do you think enough people are opportunistically malicious to form a reliable mesh network of jerks?
> I ended up choosing the Allwinner A33; it’s an older MPU that came out in 2014. Tablet manufacturers used it in their Android devices, and since Android uses Linux, we should get good mainline support. Not quite. Mainlining ARM chips tend to be a demanding task, and the not-so-widespread A33 is still a work in progress
Do yo know why this is the case? Due to integrated peripherals? Or is there something particularly incompatible about the ARM architecture?
eg: early boot - initialization of hardware is timing/order dependent
Instead fit it into a lightbulb form factor, and replace a lightblub in the restroom. Or you can be SUPER brave and fit it into a wall outlet form factor and replace the whole outlet / receptacle.
> I ended up choosing the Allwinner A33; it’s an older MPU that came out in 2014. Tablet manufacturers used it in their Android devices, and since Android uses Linux, we should get good mainline support. Not quite. Mainlining ARM chips tend to be a demanding task, and the not-so-widespread A33 is still a work in progress
Do yo know why this is the case? Due to integrated peripherals? Or is there something particularly incompatible about the ARM architecture?
This would in practice be violating the terms of service of the WiFi network and possibly also be illegal?
> Drop one of these in a Mcdonald's, and nobody’s going to expect a thing. You can leave it for days, while it collects data and marshals it back to your home network. brave assumptions. it's will be gone in 30 minutes.
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With a correctly designed enclosure (chamfered edges, black), it might not look all that suspicious tucked away somewhere charging a phone.
You’d be better off putting a battery in it and dropping it under a bin or something.
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You’d be better off putting a battery in it and dropping it under a bin or something.
That’s going to be way more suspicious that plugging in a phone charger, given the history of bombs being left in trash cans.
Why as a wall wart? Odds of discovery and removal are high. Instead fit it into a lightbulb form factor, and replace a lightblub in the restroom. Or you can be SUPER brave and fit it into a wall outlet form factor and replace the whole outlet / receptacle.