Comments by "LoneTech" (@0LoneTech) on "People Use GPS 'Jammers' to Stop Tracking of Their Cars" video.

  1. You can absolutely disconnect the antenna. GPS antennae tend to be very recognizable, usually ceramic pucks connected by coaxial cable.
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  2.  @stephencarbajal5657  Nope. That's a different radio. The GPS receiver doesn't transmit anyway. You can disable cellular radios too, but it's not as easily identifiable and far more likely to be destructive. Their antennae are often glued or molded in and the radios can damage themselves if the antenna isn't connected. Wifi antennae are often just a few millimeters in size. The proper solution if you don't want to own a device that works for someone else to collect information on you is to not purchase such a device.
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  3. That's silly. Why harm the resale value when you can simply unplug it?
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  4. Ever heard of the GDPR? It's not the first of its kind. It already makes e.g. tracking someone using some shrinkwrap license as an excuse illegal. Unfortunately, the worst offenders regularly get away with it by claiming "testing" or "accidentally left enabled".
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  5. It's cute how people keep telling others to use currencies where the complete audit trail is entirely public for anonymity.
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  6. No, officer, the deafening air raid siren blaring at all hours in my front yard is not a disturbance, it's those pesky eavesdropping neighbours!
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  7. No name needed. Time and location is identifiable information, and anonymization is very ineffective. You just don't collect location data without explicit informed consent.
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  8. Funny thing about illegal jamming devices, they tend to be pretty bad at picking their ranges and levels. The simplest kind is basically a microwave oven with all the protective and focusing shielding removed. You want that where, exactly?
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  9. Somewhat related detail: Some people put dumb little stickers on their phones to "reduce radiation". This has the exact opposite effect if any; since the antenna doesn't work as well, the phone increases power to compensate.
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  10. It's illegal basically everywhere that has any radio regulation at all. I.e. this whole planet. And that's before even considering that the specific purpose here is indiscriminate sabotage.
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