Cheap GPS Trackers

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This has been discussed previously and at the time I decided that a) they were a pain in the arse to set up and b) I don't trust the Chinese (or more explicitly: their government.)

So the unit had been sitting in the junk pile for a while... until tonight

I decided to resurrect it with a view to fitting it on the Rebel and almost by accident stumbled across:

https://www.traccar.org/

A free, self-hostable GPS tracking server with drivers for all sorts of cheap Chinese tat! Nice

I think it took me all of 15 mins to set up. Hardest part was finding the SMS command to change the tracker's destination server. It even has a free app that's much easier to understand given it's in English rather than Mandarin!

Now I just need to find somewhere to hide tracker on the bike...

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Hmm, reading that back it sounds like a puff piece, not my intention, honest
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