How would this differ from a personal mobile network repeater thing?
Like this thing: https://www.telcoantennas.com.au/cel-fi-go-g41-smart-signal-repeater-for-the-telstr
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Apparently those things are just basically amplified antennas. They don't clone or pretend to be towers. They just boost signal. And send it along its way to wherever signals are impeded. And then back again.
There's no middle man listening in.
I dont think thats true, some are definitely base stations. You can get ones that use your home internet as the backbone. I'll try find one.
Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtocell
Furthermore, femtocells lower contention on the main network cells, by forming a connection from the end user, through an internet connection, to the operator's private network infrastructure elsewhere.
Dunno if these things are still a thing or not, but it sounds like it would show up as a cell tower.
Fair enough. But towers don't just show up randomly. And/or only once. And they typically don't move. As many of the ones I've discovered have.
And I'll tell you I know there isn't a tower/repeater/femtocell in my driveway as can be found in the database/map (not the one shown).
Yeah, I would expect them to turn up and stay relatively static. Is the triangulation that accurate? I'm guessing you don't have a stingray on your front drive either
Not anymore. There's also one next door.
Pinged once. Never seen before. Never seen again.
That's what gives it away. A "tower" that appears once, randomly, and never again.
Those are stingrays.
I upload all my network tower data to the online database.
I meander about town.
I am keenly aware of my surroundings and what is/isn't (supposed to be) there.
The triangulation is difficult when there's only 1 point. But the gps and all that is accurate to a few meters.