Fascinating... Translating @Nissan's post
found here to english courtesy of Google translate.
diego22cm wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:35 am
I am from the Paris region I had found 20km from home 1 week before without the GPS box at the front and I speak I have not received a letter. I think it comes from a signal in the battery.
So with regard to the letter that was placed on your door since you didn't answer ....
And concerning the information that I have ...
here is the copy paste of a message that I sent to Garry to explain the why of how a guy from bird confiscated the scooter ....
So from what I understood about this system and I mean their system ....
When a bird loses a scooter, it sends one of those people you met with this famous box looking for this one. ..
This box connected to the mobile phone lists all the scooters that disappeared from their radar (necessarily with a fairly large number for the Paris region Ile-de-France)
As far as you're concerned it's just that unfortunately you have not had a chance ...
When a scooter disappears they send a person with this box on the last known geo-location point ...
Hence the fact that the bird guy you met most certainly had to find another scooter, but with the database of the box connected to the phone that keeps all the serial numbers of the vehicles disappeared he just had a shot of luck when he spotted yours ....
As far as the system is concerned I'm sure it's a kind of smart rfid or kind of reel a bit like the anti-theft stuff that sticks in store ....
There are several theory that the chip or coil is directly sink in the metal of the scooter but I think the cost of such an installation would be too much financially ...
For my part I think it is hidden in the battery or stashed in the motorized wheel at the front ....
It does not need a battery because it is the case that sends a frequency to the coil but I have no information on an idea of the distance or range of broadcast of the signal sent ...
If the coil is in the corner the signal bounced to the case and you will understand that after it is only a matter of time to get closer to you ....
Afterwards, if I asked you how long it was because it seems that this system was effective towards the end of September ...
Which would suggest that for all those who disappeared before mid-September is not concerned by this problem ....
I have nothing that proves what I tell you but as far as I'm concerned I had my bird on the beginning of September and to date nobody has come to ring my door ....
For the moment
After I read stories of several people who have the opposite had the dudes of bird in front of their door with the box and they were kindly asked to give the scooter under penalty of prosecution ...
But after discussion with them they confirmed that there was no obligation to make it ...
Just as they obviously have no right to return home or even in a building ...
After that it just depends on the determination of the guy ...
They can just scare you by telling you that you're going to have problems or that if you do not do it you'll get a court summons to explain to you ...
And on the other hand when they manage to locate one but they have no way to enter the building they do not hesitate to post all the doors with a threatening letter signed Bird ...
I know a lot of people are starting to open the batteries to get around the bms patch system set up on all the birds by the end of September but it seems that for the moment nobody has managed to identify a probable place where this chip ...
That's all the information I compiled about them and this system ....