Tracker for life

**muffking** · 12th November 2008, 12:58

I was just reading ERT (for work guv) and saw an Ad. for a GPS tracker type device that is for use to tracks your kids, dog, car etc.
Sounds like a good deal if it powers from your car as you don't need to subscribe, you can simply track online, by SMS, or by calling their call centre

http://www.zoombak.co.uk/

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Zoombak-Ad...1%7C240%3A1318

**Thomas1** · 12th November 2008, 20:25

I've seen that before whilst looking for a cost-effective alternative to Trackstar et al. I was put off by the fact it's GPS based and so needs line of sight to the sky. If your car gets stolen and left in a multi-storey car park while the thieves wait and see if the police are tracking it, the Zoombak won't help.

**muffking** · 12th November 2008, 20:41

In theory they should be able to tell it's location the last time it was tracked as their website says that you get a text of it's location when the batteries run out, meaning that they know it's location before it disappears off the system?

**macdad** · 12th November 2008, 20:52

So every year that passes by its one more close to human implant trackers,and believe this will happen soon,dna is allready taken without permission,big brother anyone?you should trust your kids like our parents trusted us when we were kids.

**Thomas1** · 13th November 2008, 21:38

Originally Posted by muffking

In theory they should be able to tell it's location the last time it was tracked as their website says that you get a text of it's location when the batteries run out, meaning that they know it's location before it disappears off the system?

Isn't that the same as having a mobile phone hidden within the car....the problem with that being that tracking via GPRS isn't very accurate - you get a search area of about a qtr of a mile wide in the largest cities (where phone masts are more densely populated) rising to several miles out of town.

**muffking** · 14th November 2008, 09:48

It thought that, but when you think of GPS sat nav's which everyone has these days, they can pinpoint your location to house level. Mine's just a portable one and it even knows which direction i'm facing when I park in my driveway. If the tracker system works on the same basis then it would be easy to locate.