Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking

fysdt writes "The FBI's use of GPS vehicle tracking devices is becoming a contentious privacy issue in the courts, with the Obama administration seeking Supreme Court approval for its use of the devices without a warrant, and a federal civil rights lawsuit targeting the Justice Department for tracking the movements of an Arab-American student. In the midst of this legal controversy, Threat Level decided to take a look at the inside of one of the devices, with the help of the teardown artists at iFixit."

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Re:If I had a car...

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I need to state this explicitly (rather than modding you down, because your comment is already at -1): you're a fucking idiot. First, if I were doing something that would warrant attention from the FBI, they could damn well go to a judge and get a warrant filled out. I want to insure my car, there's paperwork involved. You want to sell your car, there's paperwork involved. They want to investigate someone beyond simply looking at them as they pass by, there's paperwork involved. Suck it up, princess. Second, living my private life, is what. Law enforcement officers are, in the end, on my payroll, and I want them spending their time investigating crimes, not wasting time studying my activities.
Your attitude was discredited centuries ago, what dinosaur-laden tropical valley have you been living in?