Tracker warning

[benchmark51]

I read this on Facebook and thought it worthwhile passing on.....

Homemade trackers found on cars after Sundays Ford Fair Silverstone - if this is going on over in England have a wee look under your car on the way home from shows..... you just never know .... I believe the police are now being involved and a return trace may be taking place so hopefully the people will be caught. Pictures of the device that was found,

['The Gaffer']

Interesting but I think its a hoax.

Why? For starters the circuit board with the so call magnets on wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. Someone would need some pretty chunky 'Rare Earth' or similar to clamp to a car body and withstand bumps. And secondly, I think someone might have used a quality battery such as a Duracell rather than a cheap 'Golden Power' Not to mention, most of these cheap GSM devices have built in batteries. Also if someone was carrying a bag full of these at a show, each one would have to have a physical identifier otherwise no one would know which tracker was on which car and I see no markings. I'm assuming these devices only phone home to one number, so someone would need a bag full of mobile phones to track the target vehicles.

Maybe I'm wrong. Nice idea though.

[benchmark51]

Could be a hoax, which is a shame as I could have got one for the mother in law!

['The Gaffer']

Could be a hoax, which is a shame as I could have got one for the mother in law!

Haha, sweet

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