Simple Weapon against Bank Robberies: Put GPS Inside Stolen Cash

[The Straight Story]

Simple Weapon against Bank Robberies: Put GPS Inside Stolen Cash


Bank robberies could become a thing of the past if financial institutions follow the lead of those in Illinois. Two years ago, banks in that state began inserting GPS tracking devices into bundles of bills, and since then, robberies have declined. The tracking devices were credited for foiling a bank robbery on December 30 in Calumet City, after three men made off with $9,000 from TCF Bank. A credit-card-sized GPS slipped between some bills led police directly to the suspects shortly after the heist.

http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/Simple_Weapon_against_Bank_Robberies__Put_GPS_Inside_Stolen_Cash_100109

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. note to bank robbers...

wrap your loot in tin-foil...

sP

[The Straight Story]

4. I don't think there is much left, the dungeon bought it all up

:evilgrin:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. nice...

[aquart]

2. So simple. So cruel.

Banks can rob us but we can't rob them.

[rustydog]

3. Contingency plan....

Rob bank, exit bank, enter alley , dump contents, remove GPS place contents in new bag, flee scene.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. better yet...

affix GPS device to other moving target... ;-)

sP

[The Straight Story]

8. Future Headline "Robber finds, removes GPS, slips it in his pocket"

;)

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. if it looks like a credit card... n/t

[DeSwiss]

11. That's exactly what happens in a scene from the movie Thief, 1981....

...with James Caan. He was eluding some crooked cops so he put the tracking device on a bus headed for Des Moines, Iowa. ;)

[valerief]

7. That's not gonna stop Geithner's pals. nt

[krispos42]

10. A Simple Plan

Steal money

Run to nearest convenience store.

Stick money in microwave.

Nuke for 5 seconds, frying GPS circuitry.

Rob C-store.

Profit!

[flvegan]

12. Please don't rob banks. They hate competition.

[jaksavage]

13. GPS does not transmit

it location...

[slampoet]

14. GPS is a receive only standard. The person who wrote this is a tech MORON.

I had this argument months ago here.

The card used either has been made up as a rumor to discourage robbery or it is some other tech than GPS.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

16. It can absolutey use GPS to know its own location

and the transmit that out via RF...geez...

sP

[slampoet]

19. And RF Is mentioned WHERE in the article?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

22. there is a linked article referencing it lower down

look, the guy didn't know what he was talking about or left out some details...big whoop. the story is true even if the details were wrong. give the guy a break...people who majored in journalism might not be up on the technology they are asked to write about and when given TWO paragraphs the details are going to be lacking...

sP

OnEdit : my bad...he only got ONE!

[truth2power]

17. Um....I have a GPS for my car...

When I want to go somewhere I only have to turn it on and input my destination, not my starting point.

It already knows where I'm at. (Creepy, actually.)

[yodoobo]

21. That does not contradict what he wrote.

Your gps is a receiver.

It receives satellite signals, analyzes them and then puts the location on a screen.

It doesn't transmit anything.

[truth2power]

23. I see what you're saying. Then what about those devices

that the bad guys in movies place on the underside of the victim's car so they can track them? Also, what about OnStar? Both of those devices transmit, don't they?

[LoZoccolo]

18. They probably pair it with some cellular technology.

That's how you can use MobileMe to find your iPhone.

[slampoet]

20. And we all figured it out but a reporter was too lazy to even try even though it was their J-O-B

[L0oniX]

15. I'm all for people robing banks for a change.