FMD Android: secure open source alternative to Google's Find My Device

by miles • 1 year ago

57 8 1 year ago

I think the issue with this is that you'll never be able to have the deep integration current FMD implementations have (where you have Bluetooth beacons to track the phone even when it's "off") and also be able to use anything that requires a signed bootloader and OS (such as banking apps)

gausswho• 1 year ago

My current approach to this on my GrapheneOS phone is to use GpsLogger, writing to a directory that uses Syncthing-Fork to regularly send data to a computer at home. If the phone is lost I open the gpx files in Dawarich. Pretty elaborate clunky solution but works well and doesn't require Play Services.

Szpadel• 1 year ago

in case you also have home assistant, you can enable location reporting too. you can request precise lock remotely and use it for buch of automations.

I found my wife phone that way

fourg• 1 year ago

perfect for my family who has a mix of android and iphone. getting one pane of glass to locate all of them while also preserving privacy by self hosting the historical data isn't something I knew existed until now, thanks!

traverseda• 1 year ago

I primarily use find my device to ring my phone even when it's on silent.

tetris112• 1 year ago

A write up of how it exactly works would be good.

SMS listener? Persistent webhook?

KetoManx64• 1 year ago

Read the github README

tetris112• 1 year ago

I did, and found it lacking. I had to dig around the docs to find out how it worked:

https://fmd-foss.org/docs/fmd-android/overview

It uses a persistent notification with a direct reply mode so that the persistent FMD background app can post to it.

FMD Android: secure open source alternative to Google's Find My Device

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