There’s this thing called Windows Delivery Optimization which allows “you to get Windows updates and Microsoft Store apps from sources in addition to Microsoft, like other PCs on your local network, or PCs on the internet that are downloading the same files.

Where last I left off in Adventures in Bluetooth: Part 1, I was originally attempting to flash custom firmware to a Fitbit Charge 2 smartwatch and ended up taking a quite large side-quest. Let’s see how far I can make it towards the objective this time!

Have you ever had an idea you couldn’t quite shake? Something that worms it’s way into your brain for one reason or another and just wont leave. Always on the backburner, thinking about it in the shower every day, in the bed as you go to sleep at night, zoning out in the living room, for as long as you can remember?

I was a Private Internet Access (PIA) customer for many, many years. Some recent changes spurred me to look for a new VPN provider and I ended up landing on ProtonVPN which I’ve been using for a few months now.

Symbian OS, Android, Radio Frequencies, BTSNOOZ, BTSNOOP, and getting kicked in the teeth. Below follows a chronicling of deciding to explore Bluetooth by hacking the firmware for a Fitbit Smartwatch and realizing I was in way over my head and slowly trying to regain any hope of understanding.