http://www.acma.gov.au/Citizen/Consumer ... -convictedA Melbourne taxi driver was recently convicted and fined $850 by the Magistrates Court for recklessly engaging in conduct that would cause substantial interference to radiocommunications (section 197 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992).
The prosecution was the result of a joint operation between the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Victorian Taxi Services Commission to combat GPS jammer use within the Melbourne taxi industry. The driver, who pleaded guilty, was detected operating a GPS jammer in the CBD through ACMA surveillance techniques.
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Re: ACMA: Taxi driver convicted of using GPS jammer
My first thought was "what possible reason could he want one of those for?"
Then I read the rest of the article linked...
Then I read the rest of the article linked...
Now it makes more sense. 'Hiding' from the dispatchers and picking up sneaky jobs. It always comes down to money in the endGPS jammers are reportedly used by some drivers to block their vehicle’s location through the fare dispatch system. This helps the driver pick up additional jobs while dispatch believes he is stationary or at another location.
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Re: ACMA: Taxi driver convicted of using GPS jammer
Delivery driver in the US did this some time ago. Drove past the airport each day and disrupted critical systems in the control tower. He was quickly found.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/12 ... k_airport/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/12 ... k_airport/
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Yes I can see how that would upset a few people
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