Safest way to send location on-demand with Tasker

Titan_M2

I'd like to create a system to tell Tasker to send the location of the phone back to me.

1) Easiest seems to send a command via SMS and then HTTP POST the location to my server over VPN. However I would like to avoid grating blanket SMS access to Tasker.

2) Another option would be to periodically do HTTP GET and than HTTP POST based on response from GET, however this wouldn't be on-demand.

3) Last option I thought about would be running some TCP o HTTP server on Tasker itself (don't even know if this is even possible) to request location. Unsure if this would be reliable or be killed.

What does this community suggest?

Titan_M2

Titan_M2 2) Another option would be to periodically do HTTP GET and than HTTP POST based on response from GET, however this wouldn't be on-demand.

Currently went with this because 1) required to much permissions on Tasker's side and SMS access can be used to take over accounts, however now I noticed that it doesn't work indoors due to me only allowing GNSS and PSDS.

If someone has a better idea on signaling to Tasker, let me know.

secrec

Use "Find My Device" https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/

It implements option (1) with some level of security.

PS: No need for "Tasker" to do this kind of thing.

Titan_M2

secrec Forgot to say I already had Tasker for other reasons that's why I wanted to piggyback on it.

By the way I took a look:

You can control FMD (and thus your phone) either via SMS or via FMD Server.
You send a command to the phone (e.g. "fmd ring") and the phone executes it.

How do I send the command to the phone? Via SMS? Wouldn't be better than 1) other than already done the logic web server.

secrec

Titan_M2 If you're using it via SMS then you send the command via SMS and it replies via SMS. If you're using it via network service then you send it via network service.