Stolen GPS devices lead police to suspects' home

Gizzmoe · 01-20-07, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

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Originally Posted by CptSimFreak

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…

Obviously that is not the case. Again Big Brother is in your pocket.

GPS itself is a 100% passive system. The problem was that those guys didn´t steal standard passive GPS receivers, they stole GPS devices that also served as trackers. Most GPS trackers use RF to transmit signals, some send data to satellites (but not to the GPS satellites). Some companies and communities use those trackers for fleet control.