[mtrott]

So, if the police are free to attach a GPS device to my car without my permission and without a warrant, am I free to remove it from my property and throw it down a storm drain?

[goldi]

That’s right. Years ago a mafia type found out his phone was tapped without a warrant and he dismantled the device and trashed it. Prosecutors tried to charge him with destroying property. Court said no way.

[LuxAerterna]

So, if the police are free to attach a GPS device to my car without my permission and without a warrant, am I free to remove it from my property and throw it down a storm drain?

Good point. I also wonder if this means that you can physically apprehend the man putting on the device as you would anybody else that suspiciously messes around with your car.

[kenth]

Why worry about them tracking you, even if you're not suspected of anything? If you're not doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to be worried about.

* That sounds a bit different with a democrat president, doesn't it?

[Smokin' Joe]

I would not throw it down a storm drain. Hang it on a truck bound for the coast, put it on a toy sailboat and turn it loose on the nearest large body of water, put it in a coffee container (one of those plastic ones), tape the lid and set it sdrift on the nearest river, hang it on a police car at the Dunkin' Donuts...

Don't just ditch it, deliver bad data.