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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."
NO.
The right to free association also imbues privacy of that association. Such tracking without probable cause violates privacy, free speech, due process, and is high in calories.
Police have a right to follow me, as I have a right to make it difficult for them to do so without probable cause. My presence is my business, and not theirs.
---- Teach Peace. It's Cheaper Than War.
-- Cruise by the local donut shop just before dawn and stick it on a cop's car
Later, GPS evidence reveals you visited half a dozen crime scenes that day, including returning to the scene that sparked the original investigation!