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This is not like carrying a passport, phone or computer at all. I can be tracked without my knowledge - somebody just needs to plant a minature tracker in my l
by luka-birsa 13y ago
This is not like carrying a passport, phone or computer at all.
I can be tracked without my knowledge - somebody just needs to plant a minature tracker in my laptop bag.
Edit: The issue is that everybody tracks everybody, not like with Tile or Chipolo - where you only track your own tags with your own smartphone (ie: you need to be near your tagged items to track them, which makes covert location tracking of persons hard).
- MichaelGG 13y agoEh, if that's the threat you're worried about, it's really just a race against time. For $15 you can already get a GSM+GPS "mini" (not micro) tracker. That was just a quick search. I'd be surprised if there are not smaller models already easily available. Sure, a BLE beacon is gonna be easier to make small and power than a completely self-contained unit but it's not like this creates an entirely new threat. 1: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Global-Real-Time-GPS-Tracker-GSM-GPRS-GPS-Tracking-Tool-ForChildren-Pet-Car-/390677412403 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Global-Real-Time-GPS-Tracker-GS...
- luka-birsa 13y agoThis is much worse than GSM+GPS as: 1. Literally works for years compared to days. 2. Much smaller. 3. Works everywhere where people carry their phones (underground substructures impenetrable by GPS and GSM).
- fnsa 13y agoBut it's supposedly also very easy to detect whether you're being tracked or not, right? GSM+GPS seems a lot more stealthy.
- luka-birsa 13y agoTrue, didn't think of that.