Explained nicely here: https://everything2.com/title/%252B%252B%252BATH0

Had to google, here’s wikipedia links for those not in the know!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Creek_CDROM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet

Sure it’s not just the bluetooth phones, or your amp / speakers waking up from power save?

I have understood they use their own index already, like Qwant, and Bing to add to it.

Ecosia has it’s own index with qwant so this is not entirely correct

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That is true!

But one could make up all kinds of tactics. Especially with the help of css styles inside the document. For example: add random crap, make it invisible. Make the real content hard to see or find in the document. Why though? I don’t know! Now I am kind of curious to know what it did, if anything.

It’s fossify now. Check them out! Original was sold afaik! So steer clear

Just that? An open source HTML minifier probably bundled with a miner.

I think home assistant + the home assistant app will do this, although i have disabled map etc from HA so I dont have 1st hand experience. You need to self host HA and establish a connection either with nabu casa cloud or a vpn setup (it’s quite easy to set up wireguard on HA)