r/seattlebike • u/Fit_Database_8612 • 1h ago

Signal jammers

Just bought a Wired Freedom. Thinking of putting a GPS tracker on/in it (addition to an AirTag). Are bike thieves using signal jammers? Is it worth while to get one?

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u/Killahbeast808 1h ago

Signal jammers? lol they are getting fancier on the streets,

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u/Fit_Database_8612 1h ago

I mean, they’re not very fancy. You can make one for less than $50.

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u/brother_bart 1h ago

There are lots of tweakers who a very good at subversive tech. Source: I used to be a tweaker and knew lots of people in the tweaker hacker community. Like, don’t plug your phone into the charging block from dude’s backpack or just give out your WiFi password willy nilly. “No. You can not just log in to your Gmail account quick on my laptop.” A Venn diagram of the tweaker community and the anarchist hacker community has a lot of overlap.

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u/Fit_Database_8612 26m ago

So they are using them?

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u/ComradeDre 29m ago

I've thought about wiring up my bike with a meshcore node for tracking. 

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u/Fit_Database_8612 26m ago

Interesting, im going to research that.