@unixepoch Sounds like a plan 😉

@adamsdesk
I've realized, though, that first I need to find a socket I can trigger with my own code and that doesn't break my dorm's guidelines. :P

@unixepoch Oh what restrictions do you have that would affect this?

@adamsdesk
Well for one thing it's not allowed to put out a wifi network (ad-hoc or otherwise) which it couldn't be anything that requires a hub, I presume. I honestly don't know enough about how these things work to know how much that would restrict me.

@unixepoch Well I can understand that, but then at the same time I can see valid cases where one would want to do that. 😄

@adamsdesk
When I look at the list of available wifi networks and there are only five, not the dozens that are usually in residential areas, I decide I'm fine with the policy. :)

@unixepoch That is amazing to have that little.

@adamsdesk
Right??? And only one was someone's printer rather than a university-official wifi network. Now it's gone and we only have university-official networks. :)

@adamsdesk
The need is apparent when things like this happen: I left a bluetooth speaker on by accident after disconnecting to find that someone else had paired to it with their phone and I was hearing them typing all their text messages.

@unixepoch This blows mind. Why on earth do people pair to unknown devices? Seems irresponsible.

@adamsdesk Best guess? People have no idea the actual hostnames of their devices. I happen to know mine, but for most of the speakers/headphones I've bought, it's just been the model number which was a random-looking string of letters and numbers. I could see someone not being sure what that is and trying it. Even if they decide it's not correct and switch, their device might try to autoconnect later.