Stolen GPS devices lead police to suspects' home

01-20-07, 06:38 PM

This is why I'll never have a Cell Phone, IPOD, or anthing else that is GPS equiped.

Not that I'm doing anything currently illegal. I just don't want to carry Big Brother around in my pocket.

BTW currently illegal is the catch here. There are so many feel good and protect me laws on the books now and coming in the future, that very, very few people are not criminal in the eyes of the law.

The consequences of being Politically Correct.

http://www.9news.com/news/watercoole...?storyid=63472

Letum · 01-20-07, 07:40 PM

Today you don't need to worry unless you are a criminal and steal something.
Tomorrow you don't need to worry unless you really pissed off the head of government/police who control the system.
The day after you don't have to worry unless you are forming a political party against the government.

tycho102 · 01-20-07, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

This is why I'll never have a Cell Phone, IPOD, or anthing else that is GPS equiped.

You can always take out the battery.

01-20-07, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tycho102

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Originally Posted by waste gate

This is why I'll never have a Cell Phone, IPOD, or anthing else that is GPS equiped.

You can always take out the battery.

Every capacitor is a battery. I guess you'll be removing all those integrated circuits.?

Kapitan_Phillips · 01-20-07, 08:18 PM

Or just not buy one? :p

01-20-07, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

Or just not buy one? :p

That is where I'm coming from!

CptSimFreak · 01-20-07, 08:46 PM

Isn’t GPS a passive device? Meaning that it doesn’t need to send anything to satellites to get a position. So what signal does that device send in order for police to track you? It makes sense when a cell phone can be tracked, but a stand-alone GPS? Hmm…

tycho102 · 01-21-07, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by tycho102

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Originally Posted by waste gate

This is why I'll never have a Cell Phone, IPOD, or anthing else that is GPS equiped.

You can always take out the battery.

Every capacitor is a battery. I guess you'll be removing all those integrated circuits.?

Dude, not unless they're a 1 Farad cap. CDMA can pull 200mw, TDMA 600mw, analog 1.2w -- and that's transmitted power based on received signal strength. You don't have caps large enough to do anything but a tiny little dying pulse, or serve as discharge filters on power-down. And there is certainly current leak in every phone, powering down even the largest capacitors contained within seconds, even if they don't have a dedicated depletion circuit.

U-533 · 01-22-07, 06:12 AM

I have a cell phone its a cheap one and I prepay it.

Its nice to have a line to my wife incase of an emergency.

I dont have GPS on it because I know were I stand.

01-20-07, 06:38 PM	#1
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Stolen GPS devices lead police to suspects' home This is why I'll never have a Cell Phone, IPOD, or anthing else that is GPS equiped. Not that I'm doing anything currently illegal. I just don't want to carry Big Brother around in my pocket. BTW currently illegal is the catch here. There are so many feel good and protect me laws on the books now and coming in the future, that very, very few people are not criminal in the eyes of the law. The consequences of being Politically Correct. http://www.9news.com/news/watercoole...?storyid=63472

01-20-07, 07:40 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Today you don't need to worry unless you are a criminal and steal something. Tomorrow you don't need to worry unless you really pissed off the head of government/police who control the system. The day after you don't have to worry unless you are forming a political party against the government. __________________

01-20-07, 08:18 PM	#5
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Or just not buy one? :p __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

01-20-07, 08:46 PM	#7
CptSimFreak Frogman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 291 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Isn’t GPS a passive device? Meaning that it doesn’t need to send anything to satellites to get a position. So what signal does that device send in order for police to track you? It makes sense when a cell phone can be tracked, but a stand-alone GPS? Hmm…

01-22-07, 06:12 AM	#9
U-533 Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: On my Boat Posts: 594 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have a cell phone its a cheap one and I prepay it. Its nice to have a line to my wife incase of an emergency. I dont have GPS on it because I know were I stand.