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> In Light of Marv's Stolen Car, My security solution and recommendation
Robarabian
post Aug 31 2022, 09:14 AM
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Hi everyone,

Who would have thunk that our cars would become valuable enough to steal in the manner it is happening. If you scroll the FB and other sites, it is happening more and more.

My answer to helping you secure getting it back comes from my LE experience. A Tracker. I use the one I post at the bottom of this paragraph. They are under a hundred bucks, and the air cards 60 bucks a year. I have 3 of them. 2 are hard wired and I keep one as a "floater" to just slap on whatever car I want. I bought these years ago when my kids were new drivers because they would forget to text that they made it to school and it was easy to just live time, dial up the car's location.

You can set parameters to send you a text if the car goes outside of the geofence you select. Ie, travels more than 5 miles from home or wherever. You can set a speed alarm that will send you a text if it exceeds whatever speed you select. So say you think your mechanic is the same guy as the valet from Ferris Bueller's Day off, you will know the car is doing 100 mph...


They are easy to hide, and use cellular and unlike an Air Tag, they don't tell anyone they are there.

My insurance company provides a discount on my daily driver as it is considered a "tracking device" to assist in recovery. I think for the low cost, you get a high peace of mind with these.

I hated reading the story about Marv's car and pray for its recovery. It is like losing a family member after the time, effort and energy we spend nurturing them through life.

Robert




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post Sep 1 2022, 09:02 AM
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These are all great ideas, but there is a bit of concern using a centralized system that knows where everyone’s cars are. The centralized system better be safe! I expect that Apple have dedicated folks protecting the Air Tags infrastructure, and am not sure about the Chinese company.
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Everything has risk for sure. Yes, they are based out of the country. Yes, they can probably monitor the trackers. Do I think they have time or care where they are? Not really.

I have not yet had the passing band of thieves show up to my GPS locations to take anything. I don't think Apple is as safe as we think it to be, they can watch your FaceTime without you knowing it too, and voluntarily, I already carry my iPhone tracking device everywhere I am. To me, it is not much different.

I don't go anywhere that is so secret and for the low cost investment, it works for me. Just an option for sure.

There are US based tracker companies that you can use as well, they are just more expensive (the tracker alone is over $1500.00 dollars) and then the yearly subscription. At the end of the day, each individual needs to feel comfortable with the security level they want.

Think of it this way, with the tracker we are talking about, the car would already be back in Marv's hands. Worth it to me.



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These are all great ideas, but there is a bit of concern using a centralized system that knows where everyone’s cars are. The centralized system better be safe! I expect that Apple have dedicated folks protecting the Air Tags infrastructure, and am not sure about the Chinese company.

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QUOTE(Robarabian @ Sep 1 2022, 08:17 AM) *

Everything has risk for sure. Yes, they are based out of the country. Yes, they can probably monitor the trackers. Do I think they have time or care where they are? Not really.

I have not yet had the passing band of thieves show up to my GPS locations to take anything. I don't think Apple is as safe as we think it to be, they can watch your FaceTime without you knowing it too, and voluntarily, I already carry my iPhone tracking device everywhere I am. To me, it is not much different.

I don't go anywhere that is so secret and for the low cost investment, it works for me. Just an option for sure.

There are US based tracker companies that you can use as well, they are just more expensive (the tracker alone is over $1500.00 dollars) and then the yearly subscription. At the end of the day, each individual needs to feel comfortable with the security level they want.

Think of it this way, with the tracker we are talking about, the car would already be back in Marv's hands. Worth it to me.



QUOTE(Jett @ Sep 1 2022, 08:02 AM) *

These are all great ideas, but there is a bit of concern using a centralized system that knows where everyone’s cars are. The centralized system better be safe! I expect that Apple have dedicated folks protecting the Air Tags infrastructure, and am not sure about the Chinese company.


Peace… eyes open are good things (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

That said, I am very cautious of any business that has a lot of information on expensive or sought after things, as they tend to be more attractive to malicious folk. The business needs to invest in the protection of customer data, and in this case a database of valuable cars and their exact location… a menu.

Btw. There are devices on Amazon that detect “signal” and not to hard buy for the average low-life stealing $200k cars. https://www.amazon.com/PocketHound-Enforcem...s/dp/B06XX2WYHF

… growing up car thieves used tow trucks.
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Robarabian   In Light of Marv's Stolen Car   Aug 31 2022, 09:14 AM
vitamin914   Excellent and thank you for the info. I have an A...   Aug 31 2022, 09:33 AM
Robarabian   That is the beauty. It is air card only. So you bu...   Aug 31 2022, 10:15 AM
ValcoOscar   Same here...I use a different tracker but this one...   Aug 31 2022, 09:59 AM
jim_hoyland   Thanks Rob, a hell of a lot better than than the o...   Aug 31 2022, 10:06 AM
StratPlayer   Bought one, thank you for the tip   Aug 31 2022, 12:20 PM
Dion   Thanks for the info. Will be purchasing one of the...   Aug 31 2022, 12:49 PM
kerensky   Tracking this topic so I can come back to it later...   Aug 31 2022, 02:12 PM
eric9144   Tracking this topic so I can come back to it late...   Aug 31 2022, 05:00 PM
Robarabian   Figured I would put the SIM card you need here... ...   Aug 31 2022, 07:47 PM
stickyfingers   Amazing tip - thanks for this.   Aug 31 2022, 08:18 PM
FlacaProductions   @Robarabian - Robert, I've had this same setu...   Aug 31 2022, 11:19 PM
Jett   These are all great ideas, but there is a bit of c...   Sep 1 2022, 09:02 AM
Robarabian   Everything has risk for sure. Yes, they are based ...   Sep 1 2022, 09:17 AM
Jett   Everything has risk for sure. Yes, they are based...   Sep 1 2022, 09:49 PM
ClayPerrine   I use GEGO trackers... https://www.gego.io/ They...   Sep 1 2022, 09:14 AM
vitamin914   Using an offshore tracking company could be a conc...   Sep 1 2022, 02:41 PM
narino   @Robarabian Thanks for heads up on this separate ...   Sep 1 2022, 07:49 PM
Robarabian   THanks. The reason I like these is they are flexib...   Sep 1 2022, 08:37 PM
mrp400   We have used the Gold Star trackers at our car lot...   Sep 1 2022, 09:12 PM
narino   @Robarabian I bought the TK905B and hardwired it....   Sep 8 2022, 04:10 PM
Robarabian   In the app, look for "work mode setting...   Sep 8 2022, 08:55 PM
jim_hoyland   I’d like to see more about the set up procedure ...   Sep 8 2022, 05:55 PM
trojanhorsepower   https://www.hagerty.com/media/advice/a-few-...u-st...   Sep 8 2022, 06:09 PM
narino   @[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showu...   Sep 8 2022, 08:59 PM
narino   Here is a good video that shows how to setup the d...   Sep 9 2022, 12:43 AM
Robarabian   Which is what you want... it sleeps till it senses...   Sep 9 2022, 08:40 AM
Arno914   ...that is the "problem" with those tr...   Sep 9 2022, 04:30 AM
ClayPerrine   ...that is the "problem" with those t...   Sep 9 2022, 06:11 AM
jim_hoyland   That for the detailed set-up. :) Will the tracke...   Sep 9 2022, 04:54 AM
FlacaProductions   As to battery use/hardwire - mine is set up on a s...   Sep 9 2022, 09:43 AM
jim_hoyland   Thanks for posting the Video link; it explains wel...   Sep 10 2022, 06:34 AM
cali914   Thanks for the video i did not know these devices ...   Sep 10 2022, 07:59 AM
narino   Got to test the system yesterday. Got into the car...   Sep 10 2022, 04:02 PM


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