$30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday March 8, 2011 @02:00AM 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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Re:WANT! by hjf · 2011-03-08 04:24 · Score: -1, Troll

What's the difference on censorship or P2P filtering, and jamming someone else's phone?
You realize how much full of BULLSHIT slashdot readers are, after reading this thread. Not double-standard. Just bullshit.