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Ruling on GPS Tracking Devices

djembe2k writes "Score one for civil liberties. The NY Times is carrying a wire story (free reg. required, yadda) reporting that the Supreme Court of Washington state ruled today that a warrant is required by police to use GPS tracking devices to track suspects. A warrant actually was obtained in the case at hand, but the prosecutors argued that they hadn't really needed one, and they lost on this point. Here's the full text of the ruling."

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  1. Well integrated product but not perfect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "I have had the iQue 3600 for over a week and have taken several trips with it ranging from a few miles to over 300 miles long. In most cases, the iQue 3600 can be relied on to give you correct directions to your destination. However the map database does occasionally show its quirks. On at least two occasions, I was advised to take a particular road but the displayed name was incorrect even though the actual direction to the destination was, as it turned out later, correct." - Amazon

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  2. Re:No Reg Links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  3. Oops! by endx7 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oops! Gotta have a warrant to use your eyes to locate the suspect!

  4. Re:No Reg Links by stratjakt · · Score: -1, Troll

    New York Times?

    New York TIMES?!?!??!

    You think your better than us?

    US?

    U. S.?

    U.S.A.!

    No way!

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