I really do appreciate the work you put into Beehaw, but to echo what others have said, I don’t think anyone wants this to be unsustainable for you, or anyone else working on Beehaw.

At the least I think it could be reported as part of donations/expenses? Rough numbers would be fine too (because the overhead of tracking hours is not fun). So I’m imagining something like:

400 hours unpaid work (2 full time people working, 1 part-time) (if paid, that’s $6,000 at minimum wage, $8,800 at a livable wage)

Which is a lot of money, and very scary, but at least it makes the behind-the-scenes work visible.

That said, I’m going to go set up a monthly donation now 🤗

From what I recall they were saving all the packets being broadcast as they drove past. (as opposed to only logging SSIDs)

Edit: Yup, it is as I had thought - but also it was more intentional than I had remembered: https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/

(unpaywalled link) https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fgoogle-wifi-fcc-investigation%2F