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Re:GPS Glitched Across US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists ... by lazyasciiart on Friday September 04, 2026 @06:19AM (#49562679)
Everyone knows video footage can be faked. Why would the judge ever trust video provided by the defendant over serious professional technology like GPS? Might as well just take their word for it!

What’s funny here is that you are displaying misplaced trust in the justice system that exactly parallels my hypothetical judge’s misplaced trust in technology.

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Re:GPS Glitched Across US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists ... by GJim on Friday September 04, 2026 @07:00AM (#49562929)
> Everyone knows video footage can be faked.

Everyone also knows GPS can be spoofed.

Your point?

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Re:GPS Glitched Across US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists ... by lazyasciiart on Friday September 04, 2026 @04:39PM (#49569948)
No, most people don't know GPS can be spoofed, or at best think of it as a nation-state level action. I'd be surprised if you got less than 100% of non-tech people saying that if GPS contradicts a video then the video is faked.
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Re:GPS Glitched Across US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists ... by GJim on Monday September 07, 2026 @05:27AM (#49596061)
> No, most people don't know GPS can be spoofed

LOL!

Everybody who has played Pokemon Go knows it can be spoofed!

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Re:GPS Glitched Across US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists ... by chaps on Monday September 07, 2026 @12:33PM (#49600148)
Since when are Pokemon Go players representative of everyone else? Methinks you should surround yourself with fewer technical people if your goal is to understand what's generally understood about the world.
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