What kind of port is this?

EdGey

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Is this mini usb or?

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section. I don't actually know what this little thing is and I'm trying to figure it out...

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Could you put a pencil next to it to get an idea of the size?

It does look like a displayport/hdmi style of thing but it isnt. What device is that?
 
On the first pic it looks like there is a button but it's not, its just engraved. The white bit is double sided tape, one side of which hasnt been pealed.

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Pic 2 you can see two holes a lot like where the mic / speaker might be on a phone? you can see two mic/speaker looking things on the inside picture too..

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A sim card...?

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A battery and a motherboard with memory.

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Suspicious!

Any ideas?

edit: I suppose I should really have posted this in GD now :)
 
Sim data stealer? Contact transferrer? Get us a pic of the sticker. The port makes me think that that is how the battery is charged.

e; Got it, it's a spy little gadget, it listens and records the data to the sim card. Where did you find it?
 
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Label kinda gives it away. It's an M200 GPS Tracker. That socket, although it doesn't look like it, is a custom mini-usb that'll accept a custom programming lead with extra pins.

I'm probably wrong tho
 
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I think it a voice bug/alarm unit. It's obviously got a battery, so I think the socket is a mini-USB for charging, possibly for accessing the sim to add number.

Look up "micro spy gsm" on the Bay, and you'll see loads of things that look exactly like that.
 
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So this is literally some kind of secret listening device...

Could it have any other uses?

This is how I understand it works. It sits idly until it hears a noise... and when it does, it calls the users mobile and the user can then listen to what ever the mic can hear?

Tell me I'm wrong and paranoid.
 
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It's a GPS tracker. Reports its location back using the SIM card.

Hence the double sided tape for sticking it somewhere it won't be found easily.

So, where did you find it? :D
 
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EdGey said:
So this is literally some kind of secret listening device...

Could it have any other uses?

This is how I understand it works. It sits idly until it hears a noise... and when it does, it calls the users mobile and the user can then listen to what ever the mic can hear?

Tell me I'm wrong and paranoid.
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Or someone can call it and activate it. Does it have a button on it? I'd guess that you can press that button and it calls a number that can then hear what it going on. It could be some kind of emergency caller/pager type of thing, but they seem to be sold as spying devices.

I'd stick that SIM in a reader and see what's on it.

Edit: I've seen you said that's not a real button, so I guess it's either active all the time or you dial into it. Can you find any holes for mics? If not, then it's probably a GPS tracker as suggested above.
 
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EdGey said:
This is how I understand it works. It sits idly until it hears a noise... and when it does, it calls the users mobile and the user can then listen to what ever the mic can hear?
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Yup. And as Steampunk says, you can also ring it and it'll activiate too.

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Tell me I'm wrong and paranoid.
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You're not wrong or paranoid. Again, where did you find it? Because if I found something like that in my home, or place of work, I'd be ****ed.
 
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