Can you add a feature to do MAC spoofing? One can do it with terminal commands today but this would be easier to spoof a given AP's / client's MAC right from the table. Helps debug reserved IP from DHCP, fulfill captive portals for otherwise dumb devices (wifi cameras), etc
FilterBox does seem to be superior with an inbuilt offline ML model to filter spam notifications, whilst also having a robust set of heuristic filtering options.
It's also amongst the snazziest apps to use with a design that delights. Best lifetime IAP I made 7+years ago.
For Android users: Download the excellent, and well maintained Harmonic app and enable "Auto-collapse top level comments" to achieve the same BFS effect.
iperf3 is a link “speedometer” – spin it up between two hosts, crank -P or -u -b, and it tells you max TCP/UDP throughput (and jitter/loss if you like).
tcpulse is a fine-grained traffic “microscope” – you dial exact CPS or concurrent sockets, spray dozens of targets from one client, and get p90/p95/p99 latencies per flow.
Use iperf3 for a quick bandwidth check; use tcpulse when you need repeatable, controlled connection patterns and detailed latency stats across many backends.
This is great. Is there a version of this that does p2p off-grid messaging?
Use cases from:
1. Coordination between group members during camping in the wilderness. A mesh solution that works across iOS and Android would be ideal but mesh isn't a hard requirement either.
2. Messaging within a group who's flying together but across different seats/sections at cruising altitude in a long haul flight.
Not right now. There are applications out there that do p2p off-grid messaging.
Some of them might require you open the application the first time ever while on internet.
There are many out there (on the App/Play store) that support both use cases you mentioned, I just can't list any off the top of my head because it's been a while since I used one.
Make your phone into an SIP/VoIP server? So that you can receive and make calls from any/many Internet clients while the Android phone with SIM is plugged in at home.
Like this software? Not that I've seen, but there devices that offer that functionality.
VoIP GSM gateways, sometimes with basic PBX functions, are absolutely a thing. Yealink do some (that I've not used) that act as a SIP registrar, you can basically log SIP clients straight into it.
And there are more heavy duty options that take 16+ SIM cards that are basically a rack-mountable mobile call centre.
This would only be possible on rooted devices, and even then it could take some considerable effort depending on the manufacturer. The way call audio is routed on Android is SoC specific and often a pain to intercept or alter.
Maybe you could use something like Ubuntu Touch and utilize pipewire for the audio routing? Edit: I guess you should be able to use a script to route the call audio through to a Voip client running on Ubuntu and vice versa.
I've been using an Apple Watch Ultra with my Pixel using some of the same hacks.
0. I use messaging apps like WhatsApp, and Messenger which are multi device. So I log into them on the home iPhone. (WA finally added 'login as companion device' on iOS only a year ago).
1. Pushover to get notifications from any other apps that don't support multi device. (Signal ugh). I used Buzzkill to do the pushing from the android devices. Very reliable once set up.
2. I use Google Voice for my calls and SMS so that was easy to get on iPhone. (No calls though. The watch doesn't support sip/voip calls except Apple's own FaceTime ugh)
3. I spent a year doing cellular on Watch. I joined various family members' premium plans of the big 3 US networks (as well asany MVNOs like Visible) to use cellular on the watch. I paid ~$10/mo via this route. All good.
But I stopped early this year because I found the cellular reliability to be just... piss poor garbage. (This is extensive use across US as well as international travel in Europe and Asia)
It really wasn't worth cellular I realized.
4. I use Apple laptops, so the "watch to unlock" feature is useful multiple times a day :)
> 0. I use messaging apps like WhatsApp, and Messenger which are multi device. So I log into them on the home iPhone. (WA finally added 'login as companion device' on iOS only a year ago).
> 1. Pushover to get notifications from any other apps that don't support multi device. (Signal ugh). I used Buzzkill to do the pushing from the android devices. Very reliable once set up.
> 2. I use Google Voice for my calls and SMS so that was easy to get on iPhone. (No calls though. The watch doesn't support sip/voip calls except Apple's own FaceTime ugh)
> 3. I spent a year doing cellular on Watch. I joined various family members' premium plans of the big 3 US networks (as well asany MVNOs like Visible) to use cellular on the watch. I paid ~$10/mo via this route. All good. But I stopped early this year because I found the cellular reliability to be just... piss poor garbage. (This is extensive use across US as well as international travel in Europe and Asia) It really wasn't worth cellular I realized.
Signal can be a bit weaker on the watch up here in Canada but is otherwise adequate. The problem with Apple Watch cellular when not using an iPhone to forward data is (1) battery life on LTE is terrible compared to data over Bluetooth, using wifi, or turning on airplane mode and (2) call forwarding from iPhone to Watch, on some Canadian carriers, is charged per minute due to a carrier bug (Telus) which you can call to get refunded but is still frustrating. Normally calls go to your iPhone and the voice is forwarded to the watch over Bluetooth, I believe. Basically the Apple Watch more often acts like an AirPod than a cell phone.
I end up carrying my iPhome with my Android phone to avoid this. I mount the iPhone to my bike/scooter when available using Quad Lock waterproof cases.
Thank you for sharing your techniques, much appreciated. I looked out for Buzzkill type apps and couldn't find any the FOSS space; instead I wrote a script in Termux.
Might try Buzzkill as it might be easier for those who aren't familiar with the terminal but I'm bit weary about the privacy implications especially since famous apps get acquired by shady actors all the time.
I've added blacklist in my script to prevent notifications from sensitive apps being sent over Pushover.
edit: Buzzkill depends upon Tasker for sending messages to pushover? That's a buzzkill(sorry) as Tasker heavily relies on GMS & not an option for de-googled phones.
Won't it vibrate both on your arm and in your pocket, then? I can't even stand when someone decides to send 10 one-line message, let alone when it happens where both my watch and phone vibrates..
(Seriously, why is vibration cooldown not a thing? I believe android will have something like this, but this should have been available for a decade! Like if I had 2 notification from someone 0.3 seconds ago, then I will surely not need a third one now)
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