Yes, the cops can triangulate on you if they want to. It has to be on,
except for the new iPhone which has a locator feature that even works
when it's off. But who would dedicate an iPhone to be a babysitter for
a vanagon? (the people on this list, that's who). But it would work.
That is a smart idea that guy had. Those devices will be cheap and all
over the place in a few years. It will be impossible for folks to
steal a car and get away with it unless they pull it into a
lead-covered trailer and find the device before they sell the parts.
Of course then they'll have to start stealing stuff from INSIDE your
house. Or your gasoline.

Jim

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:43 PM, neil N<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM, John Rodgers<inua@charter.net> wrote:
>> Little black boxes! �Hmmmm! On a trip into the boonies such as this has
>> anyone ever thought about taking along one of those personal emergency
>> locator beacons that can be picked up by satellite in orbit to locate
>> someone in distress? It only takes three passes of the satellite to have
>> you triangulated and pinpointed. I guess GPS tells you where you are,
>> but no one else knows.
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 G Driver
>>
>
>
> Though not entirely related, I recall reading a post of a fellow who
> hid a cheap prepaid cell phone in his Westy. Had it wired so it would
> charge and had it "on" all the time. The idea being that if vehicle
> stolen, it could be traced via signal from phone.
>
> Not sure of details, but I gather some kind of signal from phone can
> be triangulated. (one would call the phone?)
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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>