Stolen Satnavs

shady1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2

Might just be me but with todays technology would u not think it would be possible for the makers to install a tracker chip or is that way ahead of them :/

zogman · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

cost to much, and if it was possible , you would have to pay to register it..
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Tumbleweed · Frequent Visitor Joined: Aug 30, 2004 Posts: 315

Darren · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Stolen Satnavs

TomDavison · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject:

All it needs is a "secret" buddy. Tom Tom could set up a hidden buddy that would notify a trusted satnav, using the existing buddy function. As soon as a stolen unit was paired with gprs, the location would be transmitted to the "buddy". Sure, many wouldn't be paired, but enough would be that the scroats would get the message that stolen TomToms were being located.

shauneco · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject:

davidbeaty · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject:

....If your TomTom was stolen/lost/whatever, you could contact TomTom as such and next time that device did an update on their server it could send a message back to the unit telling it to switch off and never come back on. This is how some car trackers work, financially though it makes sense for a car of say, £20,000+ to do this, but not a SatNav of a few hundred.

Could also be factored into the TomTom Home software, so that if you connected the device via that it also disabled the unit.

A little far fetched, but it could even navigate only to the nearest police station.
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dejaycejay · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:

Hi all. WhenI had my first tt 300 stolen I contacted TomTom to ask if there was a way to disable it. They just replied "no". But why is there no password protection to satnavs? It would be cheap and easy. Just like all mobile 'phones.

Seems simple to me. But what do I know!! Wink

regards, Clive.

Darren · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject:

LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject:

I suppose there are a lot of solutions for this problem, but after your unit gets stolen TomTom and all the other Brands know that by the time your insurance or next pay packet arrives you will out there purchasing another one.
So, as far as they are concerned, wheres the problem?.

MrRubberGloves · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject:

I think the best way to avoid/prevent thieving scum is to not let them see your 'hidden' sat nav so that the thieving bastards can't take them.

I've had a mobile phone since around 1993 and never had one lost or stolen, I've had a portable sat nav since July 2004 and never had that stolen either.

If you give them no chance of taking it then they can't.

dejaycejay · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

So it benefits the manufacturers when they are stolen....

Now they wouldn't, would they? Wink

Clive.

LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject:

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LesP2008 · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject:

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