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oldcoot60
PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:13 am 
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I was reading that TomTom is selling information about user's driving habits and locations to the government. I can't figure out how an ordinary GPS can send any information to the government or anyone else; it has no transmitter that I know of. Does anyone know how this is done? Is there a secret radio in the unit?
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Chinook
PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 10:17 am 
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Just a guess but it would be by the same way that some automotive units receive traffic data. I'm not sure if that's via WFi or a cell phone (GSM?) connection.

More info about the TomTom issue (link)
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