Can you locate a modern, normal laptop when it is not connected to the Internet?
No. Or you have installed a GPS module whatever is active.
He needs something to at least send with. But what if it is not on the internet?
Perhaps you could scan for your WLAN or Bluetooth if you had distributed a number of points where you would scan. So you might get a rough overview.
However, if contact with the provider is established via SIM, then that would be something else. That would then be a normal location via the transmission masts as with a cell phone.
If Bluetooth and possibly GPS are also deactivated, then not.
But if you have a surf stick or similar (with SIM card), you will also be able to be located if you "switch off" the Internet
But wouldn't a GPS module just target the satellites? I mean that's why the laptop can't be located anywhere else. That is why such modules for location usually have a SIM card for communication.
No. Even if GPS is switched on, it can't be located because the GPS receiver only receives and does not transmit.
But why are you asking this question?
The GPS module only receives but does not send anything.
If he has a SIM card then yes!
