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simonswords82 · 2020-01-24 15:45:34

They simply won't turn their GPS on.

rbanffy | karma 158565 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2021-10-11 15:56:59

Wouldn't it just make sense to tell them not to use GPS?

shrikant | karma 11143 | avg karma 5.9 · | 2012-06-13 21:43:25+00:00

Good thing they don't use the Internet or GPS then.

yostrovs | karma 1091 | avg karma 1.21 · | 2019-08-15 11:45:06+00:00

They had a smartphone with working GPS and they didn't know where they were...

varjag | karma 13715 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2022-09-12 13:12:37

Plenty of places have no reliable GPS reception.

kevin_thibedeau | karma 19088 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2022-02-01 23:02:44

They also play a game where they refuse to center on your location without tracking enabled even though the GPS is working fine and the pip is on the map.

Eerie | karma 272 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2017-06-02 12:50:01

Or just turn off the GPS.

madengr | karma 2516 | avg karma 0.85 · | 2018-01-27 04:44:41+00:00

Are they jamming GPS, or just turning it off over that area? Sort of hard to tell reading that article.

mhb | karma 38136 | avg karma 5.79 · | 2014-01-07 14:33:46

They're not gong to be receiving GPS signals in the type of room in which these machines are found.

philwelch | karma 36168 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2023-01-16 14:06:41

And losing their GPS to boot

johncolanduoni | karma 4429 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2018-01-27 05:57:15+00:00

They probably don't want to have a facility in their software or hardware that could accidentally (or purposely) be set to disable GPS during normal operation. Even something physical like a switch would make subtle sabotage easier.

Macsenour | karma 596 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2013-04-29 23:54:33+00:00

Always on GPS, not cool with that.

rsync | karma 22894 | avg karma 4.62 · | 2016-09-17 08:51:02+00:00

Translation: we never tested flight with the GPS off.

SoftwareMaven | karma 11915 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2010-07-11 22:15:27+00:00

You don't have to turn off their GPS for them to get stuck in LA's gridlock and miss the invasion time. They are their own worst enemy.

MavropaliasG | karma 37 | avg karma 0.9 · | 2023-06-26 23:14:29

Aren't they equipped with GPS?

ghaff | karma 44589 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2022-02-10 17:03:06

And 100% of the population has no way to monitor if a GPS tracker has been planted.

cmdrfred | karma 1797 | avg karma 0.87 · | 2016-12-01 12:48:25

Maybe they are using GPS as a compass?

jquery | karma 2581 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2022-09-25 09:29:41

“Pausing always fixes erratic mode” makes me suspect they don’t have a GPS lock for some reason.

maaku | karma 4566 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2015-11-23 08:05:06+00:00

GPS signals are weak. You simply jam them.

8bitsrule | karma 7528 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2018-05-18 08:21:02+00:00

Inside of a faraday cage, there is no GPS reception.