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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: omegod on 22 July 2015, 17:37:45

Title: Car tracking via internet?
Post by: omegod on 22 July 2015, 17:37:45

Just a thought after the jeep hacking thread, if posh cars have ip addresses / bluetooth etc can they not be tracked easily via this when they get nicked? Londinium rangey rovers are going walkies on a daily basis I believe  :-\

Title: Re: Car tracking via internet?
Post by: Gaffers on 22 July 2015, 17:42:27

Depends on the lease time on the IP address it is assigned to, although if you are smart enough to hack in to a Range Rover and steal it you are smart enough to disable the radio and it's connection to the tinterweb

Title: Re: Car tracking via internet?
Post by: biggriffin on 22 July 2015, 20:50:07

Imbedded tracker.
 latest  Volvo and scarnia's have full telemetry available, also smart satnav which adjust power and speed, eg 30mph limit truck will not exceed speed, gives more power for hills cuts it when cruising etc.

Title: Re: Car tracking via internet?
Post by: Steve B on 22 July 2015, 21:06:30

Last time i hired a van. She told me all there vans were tracked and she had them on pc screen

Title: Re: Car tracking via internet?
Post by: TheBoy on 23 July 2015, 18:39:22

We use trackers in our fleet to ensure our people do not stray from where they are supposed to be.

Title: Re: Car tracking via internet?
Post by: TheBoy on 23 July 2015, 18:40:37

Quote from: omegod on 22 July 2015, 17:37:45

Just a thought after the jeep hacking thread, if posh cars have ip addresses / bluetooth etc can they not be tracked easily via this when they get nicked? Londinium rangey rovers are going walkies on a daily basis I believe  :-\

Do-able, but from what I've seen (in a support capacity) of mobile data networks, probably more effort than giving a crime number....