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$30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the explains-my-wife's-navigation-system dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A simple $30 GPS jammer made in China can ruin your day. It doesn't just affect your car's navigation — ATM machines, cell phone towers, plane, boat, train navigation systems all depend upon GPS signals that are easily blocked. These devices fail badly — with no redundancy. These jammers can be used to defeat vehicle tracking products — but end up causing a moving cloud of chaos. The next wave of anti-GPS devices include GPS spoofers to trick or confuse nearby devices."

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  1. Redundant by nenya · · Score: 1, Funny

    Such a device already exists. It's called "Indianapolis." I swear, I can never get good GPS signal in that damn town.

    1. Re:Redundant by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

      At Indy, all you need to know is "Turn Left"

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    2. Re:Redundant by jbeaupre · · Score: 3, Funny

      Destination in 500 miles.

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  2. Re:WANT! by ShavedOrangutan · · Score: 5, Funny

    0) Teaching women to use maps. "Gee honey, looks like the GPS satellites are down again. Now look here at this Atlas".

    You must not be married.

    I gave my wife a GPS so she can yell at it instead of me when she's lost.

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  3. Re:Weak spot in FAA's "NextGen" system by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/guidance.html

  4. Re:WANT! by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    And the doctor with his phone discretely on vibrate, who gets called to an emergency in the middle of the movie?

    No use calling him, apparently he doesn't know the way to the hospital.

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