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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    https://mybroadband.co.za/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Eskom-Andre-de-Ruyter-Volvo-circuit-board.jpg Well, there are definitely two QFN packages on that board (U1 and U3). One of which is hooked up to a 40 MHz crystal oscillator (X1) (MCU clock source), and since that same QFN package is...
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    I saw it a while back, do you have an HD image for me? You could pull up the part numbers?
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    Something like the STM32L011G4U6 will do the job nicely. Ultra-low-power ARM Cortex-M0+ MCU. Available circa 2015.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    When one considers some of the extreme technological complexity that spy agencies are prepared to go to to conceal their activities, a tracker like this is childs play. Look at for example Stuxnet. It was able to jump across an air gap (physically separated network) and then infect not only...
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    No, once the equipment is dropped off it could be left for months, possibly even years without further in person contact. In such a scenario the base station would have the ability to send the "check ins" to the cloud.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    It does have the ability to perform radio communications in the 433 MHz radio band. Any data packet could be commuicated to a receiver targeting the same frequency.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    A suitcase sized box could comfortably hold all the electronics for a base station. Could just be left in a parked car near his house/work. Heck, the car even has a nice 12V power source.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    It would be sleeping 99% of the time, and might only wake for a few seconds every 5 minutes. That is how all lower power electronics preserve battery. In such a system the base station would consume most of the power and perform the heavy lifting in terms of GPS, and GSM communication, as well...
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    Because 45k posts of 1 liners adds value. Don't be so cock sure.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    Rofl.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    I can get any serial I want printed on any circuit board I have manufactured. Additionally, it could be a legit board, just being reprogrammed to communicate with different base stations to the one tracker intended. Even people on this forum have used the same components and development tools...
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    It would need a coin cell like your garage/gate remote, and would have a similar lifetime to a garage/gate remote. Various techniques can be employed to drastically improve power efficency, including sleeping the main processor 99% of the time. Additionally if the radio is used mostly in...
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    Two reasons up front, including, that that exact board could simply be reprogrammed for other purposes. Otherwise it is also possible that the board is a look alike.
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    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    Reading the berating the "experts" on this forum are giving De Ruyter, I would have expected a bit more creativity and intelligence when considering possible technological implementations of such a device. Firstly, just because a device uses standard components, and communicates over the public...
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