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GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal

Posted by samzenpus on from the track-away dept.

jnaujok writes "The Ninth Circuit court has declared that attaching a GPS tracker to your car, as it sits in your driveway, or by extension on a public street, and then using it to monitor every one of your movements, is totally legal, and can be performed by the police without needing a warrant. So, if you live in the Western United States, big brother has arrived."

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  1. Criminalize it and only criminals will have it. by HeckRuler · · Score: 5, Informative

    This has already been circumvented.
    So the cops are going after lay citizens and stupid crooks, a fair number of which really do deserve to be caught.

  2. Re:Sauce for the goose by icebike · · Score: 5, Informative

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has also ruled that a warrant is required. Reported here on /. less than 20 days ago.

    This decision is bound for the SCOTUS because you can not have different laws in one part of the country as compared to another part due to the Equal Protection Clause.

    The Ninth is the most over-ruled circuit in the entire country. Stay tuned.

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