Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by jasonkolb on Saturday October 26, 2013 @12:06PM
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That's pretty cool. GPS jammers are relatively easy to make however. Funny how hacking skills are quickly becoming the most powerful skills in meatspace as well.
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Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by sopooneo on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:00PM
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Yes, but I expect the vast majority of chase targets were not planning to be chased, and would thus not have counter measures ready.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by Already__Taken on Saturday October 26, 2013 @02:49PM
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All you need is any electronic devices - FAA Spokesperson
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by crunchcaptain on Saturday October 26, 2013 @12:57PM
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Don't forget about cell signal jammers! Surely it uses CDMA or GSM.
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Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by Fundlab on Saturday October 26, 2013 @02:53PM
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Your link points to a login screen I think it should have been this http://www.starchase.com/howitworks.html
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by giardini on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:12PM
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Wouldn't a GPS jammer be relatively easy to locate or follow?
Wouldn't a device that mimicked a tracked GPS symbol be more useful?
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by ogreyonder on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:21PM
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GPS jammers are easy to track. A GPS spoofer, on the other hand, is more difficult to pin down and can cause at least as much havoc on the unencrypted (civilian) GPS.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by hershel on Saturday October 26, 2013 @03:43PM
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If gps jamming becomes an issue, using some anti jamming(using spread spectrum or frequency hopping) transmitter together with few drones over the city to do signal localization isn't the complicated.
Jamming this technology is much harder and usually emits large radio signals which isn't useful if you want to hide.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by Zancarius on Saturday October 26, 2013 @03:58PM
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> Jamming this technology is much harder and usually emits large radio signals which isn't useful if you want to hide.
This is true. If jamming became commonplace, then it's just a matter of following the broadcast.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by MacsHeadroom on Saturday October 26, 2013 @02:10PM
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Possession of a signal jammer is a felony.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by grecy on Saturday October 26, 2013 @02:13PM
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If you're in a high speed police chase, I have to imagine you've already racked up a few of those
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by baddox on Saturday October 26, 2013 @03:02PM
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If only it were possible to instantly acquire a jammer on demand right at the beginning of a police chase.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by grecy on Saturday October 26, 2013 @04:33PM
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If you have one that's turned off, it's going to be quite hard for them to find out you have it...
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by jasonkolb on Saturday October 26, 2013 @05:44PM
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That's what I was thinking as well. If this sort of thing becomes commonplace, you would just take a jammer or scrambler with you and turn it on after you see them give up the chase.
It wouldn't be for your run-of-the-mill stupid criminal, but for the ones who think ahead.
Re:Police firing GPS tracking 'bullets' at cars during chases
by rfnslyr on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:05PM
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I'm at that point in my life where I'm making decent money without working a job, and heavily debating just completely recessing into an apartment and surrounding myself with all sorts of electronics and software. Learning the ins and outs of everything.