Posted on 05/10/2009 1:37:42 PM PDT by clyde_m
It seems that the police, at least in Wisconsin, can attach a GPS tracking device to a car for any reason or no reason at all. No warrant or any level of suspicion is required. The case does not appear to be erroneously decided, and should withstand further review. It’s time for the captains of industry to develop a reasonably priced product that can disable such devices attached to cars.
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
There’s plenty of GPS signal blockers available for less than $200. But, from what I understand, their legality is somewhat questionable under Federal as well as multiple-state’s laws.
Bulls%^t. Just being unconstitutional makes it erroneously decided.
“Chains”
A lot of new cars already have the GPS and all they have to do is track it.
A lot of new cars already have the GPS and all they have to do is track it.
In MA there has been talk of attaching a radio transmitter to the mandatory car inspection stickers. That way, the state can measure where you go, how many miles you drive, and then send you a tax bill based on how much carbon you used.
We already give them a leash to monitor us 24 hours a day and WE pay for it out of our own pockets!
Whereas a device that receives and records GPS positioning is cheap and affordable. Specialized equipment isn't even required, you could easily attach an inexpensive cell phone which can track that data. But the initial point was that this is constitutional. Which it is. And as the article concludes, it's also not ethical.
Legislative constraints on this practice is probably going to be the only answer, but in putting in restraints on the police, they'll reinforce restraints on the public in using blocking devices. Which would I rather have? Unrestrained police powers to put GPS devices on my car, or unrestrained abilities to use a GPS blocker? I'd personally rather have the second, and the first restrained by more generic malicious investigation laws - if the police have no good reason to study your movements, they shouldn't.
Kind of a weirdly written decision.
Geez, just the sound of that illustrates how completely devoid our current government is from the ideals of our nations founding.
Will we do anything about it?
ground based sensors will send violations via sattelite to auto debit your Drivers Bond Account
and the courts will allow it
The government can already track you through your cell phone or the GPS on your vehicle. They can track your spending through use of your debit or credit cards. If you have a laptop and use Wi-Fi they can track that. As paranoid as it may seem, how do we know that driver’s licenses or currency doesn’t already have embedded RFID trackers?
The right to Privacy and Freedom of movement died about 3 years ago.
and the sheeple feebly bleated in protest
and the sheeple feebly bleated in protest
Great and well thought. We live in a nation that has a limited government and the corollary is an unrestrained people.
A lot of mis-information on this thread.
1. You cannot be tracked by the GPS unit in your car. It is a receiver only. This excludes cars with OnStar (or similar devices) which have a transmitter for the service. BTW, OnStar requires a warrant from LE to allow tracking.
2. You can be tracked by your call phone. To a limited extent however it really is best for fixed positions not moving. Cell Phone companies also require a warrant.
Just trying to set the record straight....
yea, let’s feed the government our money now and watch it grow even bigger!
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