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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Vodik_VDK@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

Hello folks,

I just had a 'wake in the night' sort of idea (which is something I'm sure the Fins have a word for) so now I'm wondering if enough Lemmings could put their heads together to find some other, hopefully much better, solutions for loss prevention.

My idea, which I think is only good enough to get the conversation going, is to disassemble an Airtag, rig the Deck to support its power needs (I don't know how this would be achieved), and then embed the finished product somewhere (I don't know that, either) inside the case.

A hardware-side solution, like this, would allow the Deck to be tracked regardless of software changes.

If the solution is internal it couldn't be detected, and it could function regardless of power state —— but at the expense of the Deck's battery capacity. If the solution is external it could have independent power —— but would be detectable, snagable, and removable.

A software-side solution might be achievable, especially with Linux, and it would likely use much-less power —— but it would require the device to be not-off and not-factory-reset (which can be achieved with a few keystrokes in the settings menu).

What ideas do y'all have?

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[-] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly with the openness of the steam deck and the Bluetooth built in - I wonder if you could make a tracker built in to the operating system

[-] Vodik_VDK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think that being able to wipe the tracker with a factory reset is a pretty big drawback for software-side, but —and I don't think this is possible— if you could load it into the micro-SD and make that run the tracker, I (for some reason) see that being more robust or redundant.

I forget the thing has a micro-SD most of the time.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I don't have one (yet) so maybe I'm speaking out of turn, but is there no option for password protecting a factory reset?

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