Meshtastic users can't share their location on the mesh without risking showing where they live.
Meshtastic users who share their location on a public mesh network
Where it stands
- Sourced (done)
- Kit (done)
- Wanted (next)
- Building
- Solved
How this problem came to be
- Found2 sourcesgithub.com/meshtastic
- Quoted3 claimseach checked against its page
- BriefWrittenand what solved looks like
- Market1 signals11 reactions on the issue
- Kit5 steps22 tools · 6 routes
- People0 want0 live it · 0 would test
The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- People using Meshtastic, open-source off-grid radio messaging, who like appearing on the shared map when out.
- The moment
- When they come home and forget to turn location sharing down.
- What people do today
- Users change location precision by hand and often forget to switch it back.
- Why it's unsolved
- Project members said privacy features depend on other work in progress and should be done in one consistent way.
- What solved looks like
- A firmware setting for up to three privacy zones (centre and radius). Inside a zone, the position sent is rounded to the zone's precision; outside, the normal setting applies. Checked on a bench node with simulated GPS that the exact home position is never transmitted.
Evidence
Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1A Meshtastic user asked for location precision to drop automatically within a set distance of home, so forgetting to turn off sharing doesn't reveal where they live to others or to MQTT.
- 2Another commenter said they often forget to switch precision back after being out, and suggested one to three configurable privacy zones.
- 3Project members said the feature is good but depends on other privacy work in progress.
Builders still need to know
Written from the cited sources. Anything they don't say is left as a question, not a guess.
Sources
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- [1]Meshtastic docs: position configuration
- [2]Meshtastic firmware issue #6182: dynamic location precision near home
What the source says, in short
A Meshtastic user asked for location precision to drop automatically within a set distance of home, so forgetting to turn off sharing doesn't reveal where they live to others or to MQTT. Another commenter said they often forget to switch precision back after being out, and suggested one to three configurable privacy zones. Project members said the feature is good but depends on other privacy work in progress.
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