Secret GPS Tracking Now Legal In Massachusetts

dr. fuzz writes "The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ruled in favor of John Law tracking you with secret GPS devices in Massachusetts provided a warrant is obtained. You've been warned. To the dissenters' credit, Justice Ralph Gants is quoted with 'Our constitutional analysis should focus on the privacy interest at risk from contemporaneous GPS monitoring, not simply the property interest.'"

Comments

Re:GPS Blocking

[Locke2005]

Where can I sign up to become the exclusive Oregon dealer for these GPS blockers? If they pass the mileage-based vehicle tax, I'm gonna be rich!!!

Manhattan, NY

[SlashDev]

Your car doesn't necessarily mean you, in fact in Manhattan, NY, most people don't use their own transportation, and as far as I know, most crimes nowadays are emerging from there :)

Re:GPS Blocking

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Either that, or you will force the GPS unit into thinking you've just circumscribed the U.S. of A. several times at Mach 2 and you will have to explain yourself (and pay the speeding ticket).

Re:How hard would it be to detect

[raddan]

Fortunately, in Massachusetts, we all ride bicycles. I think they put it on the handlebars or something.

Re:Where is the controversy?

[Requiem18th]

And yet no Hitler? Bah ÂÂ...

Re:How hard would it be to detect

[rubycodez]

guess again, sales of Preparation H(tm) were up 8% in Massachusetts last month and nitrile gloves 10%. they probe and plant while you sleep

Mangled Ben Franklin Quote

[Tetsujin]

It talks about police and wiretapping so we'll get plenty of paranoid theories and the resulting jokes. Plus we're guaranteed a mangled Ben Franklin quote.

Ooh, ooh, I got one!

"I am BEN FRANKLIN, master of SEX and VOODOO!"

I'm not sure if it's exactly relevant to this discussion, though...

Re:Mangled Ben Franklin Quote

[wsanders]

>> "I am BEN FRANKLIN, master of SEX and VOODOO!"

According to the latest Dan Brown book, you're probably correct.

Re:GPS Blocking

[Anonymous Coward]

It would be much more fun to send singles to the GPS telling it you're in Australia or something.

Re:The cops need a warrant... where is the problem

[Tetsujin]

Slashdot News Flash! If the cops obtain a warrant, they can do stuff they can't do otherwise!

Yeah, it's like when Pacman eats the big dot...

Re:Where is the controversy?

[DudeTheMath]

principal

rein in

over-zealous

FTFY. Everything else you said was so good, I couldn't stand to see egregious spelling errors. Oh, and, no, you can't skip the commas in your final parenthetical sentence ("...set off by an exclamation point, or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong" -- "Interjection", Grammar Rock).

Carry on.

Re:The cops need a warrant... where is the problem

[nizo]

Or if we use a car analogy, they could attach a gps tracker to your car while you aren't looking.

Re:Where is the controversy?

[Evil Shabazz]

Just because a person leaves a door open (whether a house or car) does not mean the government can enter the property without a warrant.

Sure it does. Don't you watch Law & Order?! 0.o