Loss Prevention
What Is a Passive Disabling Device? How It Works and Limits
A passive disabling device arms itself at key removal. See what it blocks, what insurers credit, and where GPS recovery takes over.
October 6, 2026
GPX Insights
Asset tracking, supply chain visibility and the GPS and BLE hardware behind them, written by the GPX team.
A passive disabling device arms itself at key removal. See what it blocks, what insurers credit, and where GPS recovery takes over.
If you’ve ever had a vehicle go missing (or even just “go quiet” overnight), you know car anti-theft devices aren’t about gadgets. They’re about keeping your operation moving. NHTSA reports a motor vehicle was stolen every 37 seconds in the
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Verisk CargoNet put 2025 cargo theft losses at $725M and $273,990 per hit. See the 2026 hot spots, top targets and how to stop them.
Thieves search, sweep, cut power, jam, and wrap in foil. See which attacks beat a GPS tracker and which hardware keeps reporting anyway.
Losing a trailer is more than an inconvenience. It stalls operations, delays deliveries, and shakes client trust. Thieves have gotten sophisticated, and a padlock no longer protects a valuable asset. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), nearly half
NICB data shows 11,625 heavy equipment thefts and just a 23% recovery rate. See the real numbers and how to track your own fleet risk.
Theft in 2026 is not the smash-and-grab problem it used to be. Cargo theft losses across U.S. and Canadian supply chains surged past $725 million in the trailing twelve months according to Verisk CargoNet, a roughly 60% jump over the
