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Man Stalks Ex-girlfriend With GPS

Posted by michael on from the oh-look-it's-you-again dept.

grouchomarxist writes "According to this article at CNN: Police arrested a man they said tracked his ex-girlfriend's whereabouts by attaching a global positioning system to her car. Police said Gabrielyan attached a cellular phone to the woman's car on August 16 with a motion switch that turned on when the car moved, transmitting a signal each minute to a satellite. Information was then sent to a Web site that allowed Gabrielyan to monitor the woman's location." A ruling last year stated that police need a warrant to track individuals in a similar fashion.

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  1. Awww, that's so romantic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I need to get one for my girlfriend's car. Alright, she's not my girlfriend, yet, but she will be once I'm able to track her 24/7.

    1. Re:Awww, that's so romantic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      :) See this is what happens when someone becomes a slashdotter AFTER they have had a girlfriend, they learn all these cool things and can start stalking their exes.

      And isn't it cool a slashdotter (must have been a slashdotter) made "real news"?

  2. This is exactly why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    See, this is exactly why we need fuel cells in our phones...I mean...eh...this is just wrong and illegal...

  3. My insurance company by glazed · · Score: 4, Funny

    After a bad breakup with my car insurance company recently, they're doing the same

  4. Insurance? by keiferb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, combine this with the little black boxes Progressive Insurance has been pushing, and you too can have your insurance revoked in real-time while driving!

  5. Re:Fear Dot Com by Stevyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, it'll be called "Fearer Dot Com"

  6. Wow by dysprosia · · Score: 4, Funny

    attaching a global positioning system to her car.
    He created and attached an entire global positioning system of satellites to her car? Now that's impressive! I wonder how she didn't notice...

  7. Re:Fear Dot Com by wayward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I never saw fear.com, but I kept wondering whether the lethal website had been created with Microsoft FrontPage.

  8. Re:Where can I buy a mobile phone detector? by wayward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where can I find a boyfriend who actually cares where I am?

  9. Re:Where can I buy a mobile phone detector? by wayward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No one here actually believes that you are a woman.
    That's OK. My gynecologist does.

  10. Re:Where can I buy a mobile phone detector? by Zouden · · Score: 5, Funny
    Where can I find a boyfriend who actually cares where I am?
    Slashdot Personals. You'll get a GPS under your car in no time!
    --
    "A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
  11. Ouch. Convincing a gynecologist may be a bad move by Gnavpot · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must have a lot of courage. Making a gynecologist believe that you are a woman sounds scary.

    "Hey, what is that?"
    "Dunno. Never saw one on any of my patients before. Remove it."

  12. New Police song by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Funny
    Every drive you make...
    And every trip you take...
    Restraining orders I'll break...
    Don't you try and fake...
    I AM WATCHING YOU

  13. Re:Where can I buy a mobile phone detector? by dipipanone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mod parent up: +5 rejected.