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Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking

Posted by kdawson on from the don't-tag-me-bro dept.

The EFF is trumpeting a victory in a case in which it and the ACLU filed an amicus brief. "The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today firmly rejected government claims that federal agents have an unfettered right to install Global Positioning System (GPS) location-tracking devices on anyone's car without a search warrant. ... The court agreed that such round-the-clock surveillance required a search warrant based on probable cause. ...the court noted: 'When it comes to privacy... the whole may be more revealing than its parts.'"

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  1. Re:I'm still curious by casings · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it wasn't secured to your car with duct tape, you can probably be pretty sure it wasn't done by the police.

  2. Re:Nice one by Flea+of+Pain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes sir! Right away sir! I will start EFFing as soon as I see the opportunity sir!

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    Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
  3. Re:Way to block Bush and the Republicans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's just a sopeana away.

    Look, it's subpoena...or if you insist on using the Americanized form which is so ugly that most Americans don't even use it, subpena.

    Sopeana sounds like a Mexican pastry.