As a slightly different tack, criminals are now using cheap GPS jammers when ripping off trucks with valuable loads to defeat the GPS-based tracking-and-reporting. The side effects of a jammer can be considerable, including bringing down cellular phone systems. And, of course, screwing up the GPS tracks of any innocent OSM mappers nearby...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8533157.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/22/car-thieves-using-gps-jammers Cheers b On 8 July 2010 21:28, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8 July 2010 23:05, Jim Croft <jim.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727670.900-virtual-prisons-how-emaps-are-curtailing-our-freedom.html > > > The only new thing in that article is the potential scale being hinted > at, but this is merely an evolution of existing technology. > > As they point out, some people already have RFID transceivers > installed in their cars for tolls, a few years ago cops in New York > City lost their jobs because the company in charge of the tollway > installed sensors along the length of the road way, not just at toll > points so you could track where people went, and the cops in questions > weren't where they should have been. > > The same company got subpoenaed by divorce lawyers to check up on > cheating spouses. > > Same with GPS tracking technology, this stuff has been used for years > to house arrest people in the US and also track sex offenders going > too close to schools, but it was shown recently triggered alarms > weren't acted upon, so no matter how well the technology is designed > we can thank human complacency to limit the overall abuse. :) > > You also have various governments assuming that road usage can be > tracked by GPS, this kind of system has been used in parts Europe for > taxis for a while, the result is GPS signal is blocked or faked to > abuse the system. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Ben Last Development Manager (HyperWeb) NearMap Pty Ltd
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