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what3words mentions (122)

• I Know What Your Password Was Last Summer

  Something to add to their list of common passwords is the What3Words database of locations https://what3words.com It's something like 50trillion sets of looks-random strings. That's quite a lot, but if the list could be narrowed very significantly to get some likely results by selecting locations in: 1) cities where a company is physically located 2) large capital & global cities 3) significant landmarks I see... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• No rapid numbers on driveways

  I’m waiting for these guys to make a breakthrough here. Source: 5 months ago

• Unique Challenges of Geocoding in India

  I assume this is the problem that https://what3words.com/ is trying to solve. But I guess it being in English makes it a less good solution. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Planning and Crash Prevention

  Crashing in a Metro Park follows very similar recommendations as to what’s above. However, accurately describing your location along our Metro Parks Greenway trails and systems can often be tricky! And just for that reason, the parks department uses the app What3Words to help people share their exact location with emergency responders. Whether you’ve crashed or come across someone who needs aid for any reason,... Source: 8 months ago

• Worst3Words

  I've been having fund with a game I call Worst3Words, trying to find the worst What3Words (https://what3words.com/) address. The meaning of worst is flexible e.g. Confusing ///senses.census.send Offensive ///retain.towers.slip (look up the location) Or just... Odd ///aargh.send.help But has to be valid. Source: 8 months ago

OwnTracks mentions (38)

• Any alternatives to Life360/FindMy?

  The only private alternatives are going to be self hosted and will require some technical skill. See owntracks for details. Source: 12 months ago

• Trying to make a pair of compasses that always point to each other

  On your side, you need some way to be tracked. Easy solution is an app on your phone, I like OwnTracks as a privacy-respecting option. Source: about 1 year ago

• Privacy-focused Vehicle Tracking Tool?

  Sounds like owntracks with a android headunit https://owntracks.org/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Updating location on Google maps

  OwnTracks is app people can install on their phones that you can setup to send live gps coordinates back to your web server. Source: about 1 year ago

• Best solution for remotely hosting public-facing low-traffic services?

  One container where this would have been an issue for me is OwnTracks recorder. Probably could have got it working on ARM if I wanted to compile the program then create a container around it, but didn't want to spend the time and instead just used the free tier x86_64 VM. Source: over 1 year ago