Here is a Guardian article on the subject, submitted to HN four years ago https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/07/theft-bike-app-vancouver-project-529-j

Here is a Guardian article on the subject, submitted to HN four years ago https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/07/theft-bike-app-vancouver-project-529-j-allard-xbox https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/nov/07/theft-bike-ap... The video information provides quick navigation. The proposed solution is called Project 529, founded by Rob Brunt, a detective with Vancouver Police Dept. and J Allard, a former top executive at Microsoft responsible for building TCP/IP into Windows, along with the Xbox and the Zune. His resignation letter caused some controversy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1377694 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1377694 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372516 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1372516 Finally, here is the link to Project 529 https://project529.com/garage https://project529.com/garage