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bobds on Oct 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Startup Ideas We'd Be Willing To Pay For

Do GSM jammers also affect GPS devices?

It's illegal in most places anyway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_jammer#Legalities

egypturnash on Oct 19, 2011 [–]

If you use an Android phone then you're streaming map data off of Google's servers. The Maps app does cache stuff but there's only so much room.

Also other stuff like traffic conditions...

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