Re: Trace stolen or lost laptops....



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"Flash Gordon" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Chilly8 wrote, On 19/06/08 20:21:
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"prax" <pranxter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some of you who have laptops will surely be worried about the surge in
the theft of laptops. Even I was wondering on the technologies that
could track stolen laptops and computing devices. Some of the things I
could think of were ? GPS dots (like in Hollywood movies), IMEI

On problem with GPS is that it can be jammed. You can buy
GPS jammers as cheap as $200.

Or probable make one for less than $20 if it is only jamming the public
signals.

Anyway, it isn't the GPS you have to worry about it is whatever method
that is used for transmitting the positional information. If you are
receiving the signal then it *can* be tracked down even if the signal has
absolutely no positional information.


There are jammers that can take of that, but they are much more
expensive. There are dual GPS/GMRS jammers, which totally
cut off the tracking device from whomever is trying to track
you. These devices jam both GPS position information,
and jam the GMRS frequencies that the devices use to
report information back to the monitoring center.

This is why I am against probationers, or those awaiting trial,
wearing GPS ankle braclets. The dual GPS/GMRS jammers
can prevent the device from not only getting positional
information, but also cut it off from the monitoring station.


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