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this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2026
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The science behind this one confuses me. Bluetooth is short range, and gps is too low power to penetrate. There's no way a gps will get lock from inside a ship, and someone would need a compatible app and internet to relay it out.
The issue isn't the tracker, it's the person with their personal phone and the app that relayed the position of the tracker while they were in cell range of the shore.
Comment below explains it very well