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Why not have your bike alert you to its location if starts moving away from your phone?
by stretchwithme 14y ago
Why not have your bike alert you to its location if starts moving away from your phone?
- stcredzero 14y agoRunning cellular radio and GPS is several orders of magnitude more power intensive than low power communications. For this reason, you want the high power cellular radio and GPS to only come on in exceptional situations, and then only for short bursts if possible. That said, it's a good idea. But making the bike hard to sell is the main deterrent. It's hard to sell a non-functional bike. By removing most of the profit motive for stealing the bike, you decrease the amount of security necessary to protect it effectively.
- stretchwithme 14y agoSo, how do you fix it if you accidentally make it non-functional yourself? In other words, what will thieves have to do to make it work again?
- stcredzero 14y ago> So, how do you fix it if you accidentally make it non-functional yourself? You don't. I think it would be worth the risk of such an accident if the setup really deterred theft.