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Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle (yle.fi)
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[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Gonna start a business for car wraps with integrated faraday cages

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

Until someone just sticks a transmitter on the outside of the wrap.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If you can find the transmitter, that is. I think that's the problem

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Just desoldier it. Problem solved

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

That would also allow the driver and other occupants of the vehicle to use GPS, and their phones