How to fool a GPS - Todd Humphreys

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Todd Humphreys forecasts the near-future of geolocation when millimeter-accurate GPS "dots" will enable you to find pin-point locations, index-search your physical possessions ... or to track people without their knowledge. And the response to the sinister side of this technology may have unintended consequences of its own. (Filmed at TEDxAustin.)Talk by Todd Humphreys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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