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I vote for putting it on a military vehicle of some sort. Or a cop car.

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Originally Posted by Scuba Steve (Post 6013078)

The device was found 5 years ago... they're probably loads smaller now.

Nope.

This device was found last year, and it the subject of the current lawsuit.
Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back | Threat Level | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/th...ing-Device.jpg

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Originally Posted by emcon5 (Post 6013959)

This is what I was referring to - the teardown article the a bunch of pics posted on this thread came from:

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In the midst of this legal controversy, Threat Level decided to take a look at the inside of one of the devices — which are generally custom-made for law enforcement. Working with the teardown artists at iFixit, we examined a device an environmental activist discovered on her vehicle in 2005, which she recently provided to us.

FBI Vehicle-Tracking Device: The Teardown | Threat Level | Wired.com

Looks like the GPS components shrank, or at least changed some anyway.