Reply to post: Re: It's a hard problem

Why telcos 'handed over' people's GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: It's a hard problem

"it's magnetic and about the size of a shoe polish tin."

And it already existed in 2012, using Qi to charge and NFC or other close-coupled comms along with 3G, so _no_ external connection ports. Unlike TV/movies, they don't come with LEDS on the outside to make it obvious what they are and being matte black plastic they blend in pretty quick with the rest of an underbody thanks to road dirt being thrown over them.

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