Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks
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Owning a GPS jammer is in itself not illegal, but using the devices to interfere with signals is a crime, according to the Southeastern Finland Police Department.
  • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1111·
    2 years ago

    If only all these tracking functions were easy to deactivate (or better, opt-in) then there would not be a need for jammers

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      801·
      2 years ago

      They should 100% be opt in. If I want to use GPS I’ll use my phone. I don’t know a single person that uses the one built into the car.

      But obviously they want all that juicy data. It’s not enough that they charge insane rates on the vehicles themselves, they must also add microtransactions and track when we have sex, and with who too.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        251·
        2 years ago

        everything like this should be Opt-In.

        It should be a violation of our basic civil and human rights for this shit to be opt-out, especially in such a way that you are not even aware of it, or the ability to opt out.

    • umami_wasabi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      51·
      2 years ago

      I would say depends. For company owned cars thats justified as it should purely meant for business trip only. For duel use vehicle, that there should absolutely have switch to turn it on or off.

  • WallEx@feddit.deEnglish
    611·
    2 years ago

    So they should also make it legal to rip that shit out or force the automakers to give customers that option.

    • thesystemisdown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      This article centers on those driving work vehicles that their employer has installed trackers on. I know recently auto makers have been found snooping, which I don’t even have words for, but this isn’t that.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 years ago

      I think you could do it, but you’d need to spray some foam or something so the wrap cage isn’t touching any metal of the car.

      Might be easier to just put a cage around the transmitter.

  • Johanno@feddit.deEnglish
    83·
    2 years ago

    So professional drivers, watched by their employer, are using those to escape the control.

    Even if they allow them to disable the GPS, it would be a reason for firing smb. Or to cut their wage since, drivers with GPS on will get a bonus if they are faster. Or sth shit like that.