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If you rely on GPS then make a note of 6 April 2019 in your calendar because it's the date that the GPS Week Rollover occurs, and it could cause some GPS receivers to malfunction.
Beat the crowd, and apply fixes now. There is some talk that French radar/speed camera warnings may be disabled as a sneaky downgrade addon.
Surely this will not get anyone. In Australia, plugging in online with your newish GPS in for a firmware upgrade will or should fix matters. For devices over 5 years give or take, mean spirited GPS companies demand you buy a new one or spam you with a trade-in offer. In my case on old one will still navigate but time to destination, and time may be wrong.
Like Y2K a PITA. One in the car, another on the dinghy, backup on the yacht , one on the plane. For 'No longer supported models' enthusiast/special interest forums may have a cure for obsolete models. YMMV.
Also those with bluetooth (Phones, GPS, PDA's, Notebooks) may NOT have been fixed properly if ever: see https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725/ if you have unusual security paranoia. and New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors
Beat the crowd, and apply fixes now. There is some talk that French radar/speed camera warnings may be disabled as a sneaky downgrade addon.
Surely this will not get anyone. In Australia, plugging in online with your newish GPS in for a firmware upgrade will or should fix matters. For devices over 5 years give or take, mean spirited GPS companies demand you buy a new one or spam you with a trade-in offer. In my case on old one will still navigate but time to destination, and time may be wrong.
Like Y2K a PITA. One in the car, another on the dinghy, backup on the yacht , one on the plane. For 'No longer supported models' enthusiast/special interest forums may have a cure for obsolete models. YMMV.
Also those with bluetooth (Phones, GPS, PDA's, Notebooks) may NOT have been fixed properly if ever: see https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725/ if you have unusual security paranoia. and New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors
