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Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court
PL/SQL Guy writes "A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that police can attach GPS trackers to cars to secretly track anybody's movements without obtaining search warrants. As the law currently stands, the court said police can mount GPS on cars to track people without violating their constitutional rights — even if the drivers aren't suspects. Officers do not need to get warrants beforehand because GPS tracking does not involve a search or a seizure, wrote Madison Judge Paul Lundsten."
And I for one am getting a little pissed off at conservatives who can only manage to get outraged over civil liberties when it's huge, multi-national corporations that are involved. Illegal wiretapping? "Hey, what do you have to hide...traitor?" Stepping in to save companies that have basically begged for help from the government? "OMG, that's worse than Hitler!"
SOP in that case would be to evacuate the block, surround your vehicle with sandbags, and then bring in enough high explosives of their own to ensure that the suspect device is completely detonated in the ensuing explosion. Then when you sue, you have to claim you honestly thought a device the size of a quarter could be a bomb. If any moron was inclined you believe you were that stupid, I'm sure their mind will be changed when they read your /. posts and find you planned this out ahead of time to purposefully waste their time. So now not only do you have a blown up car that insurance won't cover, but you're in trouble for filling a false police claim, too. That sure is clever of you.
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