Counting attendees

Posted Jan 30, 2025 10:35 UTC (Thu) by jengelh (guest, #33263)
Parent article: FOSDEM keynote causes concerns

>unclear how many people attend FOSDEM [..there is no..] other way of counting attendees

No way? Count MAC addresses? Passively listen to 802.11 or mobile networks and count station IDs? [If you are completely off line, I guess that's your prerogative, but it probably comes to an insignificant number in the end.]

Counting attendees

Posted Jan 30, 2025 10:51 UTC (Thu) by geert (subscriber, #98403) [Link]

(a.o.) MAC address statistics are typically shown in the closing keynote. Random and changing addresses are very popular.

Counting attendees

Posted Jan 30, 2025 11:10 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]

So how many people even know how to turn off their address randomization so that they *can* be counted reliably? And how many have two devices, or three, vs. how many leave them at home because they don't want their phones to get hacked?