[81690] in Cypherpunks
Re: [CNN] Stolen Laptops and lame 'solution'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Lane)
Thu Jun 12 22:19:25 1997
From: nexus@eskimo.com (Brian Lane)
To: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 01:39:42 GMT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970612114018.14283B-100000@beast.brainlink.com>
Reply-To: nexus@eskimo.com (Brian Lane)
On Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:57:57 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>(And yes I have that same sentiment about the LoJack car transponder, =
and
>the EZ-Pass toll paying system, and cell phones. Each of these
>technologies can report on your whereabouts and thus pinpoint your
>location at any given time. They're all invasion of privacy things that
I agree. That's why I like my solution to finding my stolen car
better. A cellphone, GPS, and a little bit of glue electronics. If my
car is stolen, I call the cellphonein the trunk (or inside body panel,
etc.) enter my secret code and it reads out the current locaiton from
the GPS until I hang up on it.
Brian
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