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> Basel Action Network or BAN, a Seattle-based nonprofit, for years, has stuck GPS trackers in old electronic junk. They found that scrapyard in Thailand by pla
by mysterypie 7y ago
> Basel Action Network or BAN, a Seattle-based nonprofit, for years, has stuck GPS trackers in old electronic junk. They found that scrapyard in Thailand by planting a tracker in a TV and dropping it off at an Australian recycling center.
Not that they likely to get in trouble, but is it legal to put trackers even if it is donations? What if you stuck a camera and microphone in the TV and it ended up in someone’s home after being repaired.
- recycledmatt 7y agoThese aren’t traditional cell phones, think more GPS units with a cellular chip so they can report back their location. One issue with these is they have batteries, and are placed in devices like printers that no e-scrap processor ever checks for batteries. Many US domestic processors use large shredding systems to liberate the materials. Batteries and shredders don’t mix!
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y agoYeah, that's a good point. There are batteries that don't explode when poked, right?