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MikeB Frequent Visitor
Joined: 20/08/2002 11:51:57 Posts: 3859 Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:23 am Post subject: GPS Retailing changes direction |
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UK Government officials and communications experts are still assessing the public safety and security implications of an article that appeared on a hacker site (edited: link removed) just over a year ago. The article provides directions for making low-cost, portable devices that can alter the GPS mapping, and therefore the directions, of third-party SatNavs.
Petior Chevinsky, a spokesman for NASA, who have been successfully defeating jammed GPS environments since 1998, says "defeating GPS jamming is one thing, but this is not jamming. It's the alteration of mapping and therefore a completely different ball game. We are powerless against this type of abuse".
Initially the Government was primarily concerned with the potential risk for military operations, but a very new level of concern has emerged. Last night, Mr. Michael Souris, the Managing Director of UK SatNav retailer Destination Diversions was arrested for deception. Mr. Souris was charged with the real-time corruption of user's SatNav maps to divert vehicles and their confused drivers to his shop. He was able to achieve this from a distance of 3 miles.
He displayed large signs both outside his shop and in the window that asked "How accurate is your SatNav?". The sign went on to say "For just £9.99 and in just 2 minutes we can recalibrate your maps to make them much more accurate." He fraudulently 'repaired' hundreds of GPS systems over a three month period.
The mind boggles as to what other ways this information could be misused. The Team at PocketGPSWorld.com have studied the plans and conclude that even those with just a small amount of technical skill could build a such GPS alteration system straight off the page! _________________ Mike Barrett |
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dodge1 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Lake District
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:48 am Post subject: |
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Would this be along the lines of the Lirpa Loof unit? |
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Ipaq Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 20, 2004 Posts: 86 Location: West Mids, UK.
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Hmmmmm, is it that time of year already?
Nice 1! |
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TechnoTony Occasional Visitor
Joined: Aug 06, 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Narre Warren, Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:10 am Post subject: |
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I was one of the gullible people caught out by this man. I had my gps repaired and he even convinced me to buy a map of mars for an extra £9.99. Is there a pocketgpsworld speed camera database available for mars? |
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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:59 am Post subject: |
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It only operates on Tuesdays and other busy times apparently. _________________ Robert Brady |
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Eldar Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Sep 24, 2004 Posts: 1294 Location: London
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:24 am Post subject: |
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This man is also using a new free internet service from Google - http://www.google.com/tisp/ |
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JockTamsonsBairn Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 2777 Location: Bonnie Scotland (West Central)
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: Re: GPS Retailing changes direction |
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MikeB wrote: |
Petior Chevinsky
Mr. Michael Souris |
_________________ Jock
TomTom Go 940 LIVE (9.510, Europe v915.5074 on SD & 8.371, WCE v875.3613 on board) |
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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: GPS Retailing changes direction |
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BGF wrote: | MikeB wrote: |
Petior Chevinsky
Mr. Michael Souris |
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Good spot for "Souris" meaning mouse, but for the life of me I can't remember why I used Petior Chevinsky. I wrote it over a month ago. Answers on a postcard please. _________________ Robert Brady |
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bedbug Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 484 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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May I just say that I love this site!
_________________ iPhone 4/4S (iOS 5.1.1); TomTom Western Europe (1.10)/USA & Canada (1.10); CoPilot for iPhone (8), UK mapping, Mac OS 10.8/XP Pro/Win7; Tongue firmly in cheek! |
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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Yes you may, thank you. So do we! _________________ Robert Brady |
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