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Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - Twitchin Kitten - 10-18-2010
Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers <--clicky for full story
It does not surprise me that the 9th cirucuit sees nothing wrong with this but the rest of the federal justice system does. I'm sure it's all George Bush's fault too.
SAN FRANCISCO – Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computer salesman and community college student, took his car in for an oil change earlier this month and his mechanic spotted an odd wire hanging from the undercarriage.
The wire was attached to a strange magnetic device that puzzled Afifi and the mechanic. They freed it from the car and posted images of it online, asking for help in identifying it.
Two days later, FBI agents arrived at Afifi's Santa Clara apartment and demanded the return of their property — a global positioning system tracking device now at the center of a raging legal debate over privacy rights.
One federal judge wrote that the widespread use of the device was straight out of George Orwell's novel, "1984".
"By holding that this kind of surveillance doesn't impair an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, the panel hands the government the power to track the movements of every one of us, every day of our lives," wrote Alex Kozinski, the chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a blistering dissent in which a three-judge panel from his court ruled that search warrants weren't necessary for GPS tracking. * READ FULL STORY *
RE: Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - Vizth Hal - 10-18-2010
There was another article on that that said they were thinking of mailing it across the world just to fuck with the FBI.
My bad, it was suggested they mail it.
http://gizmodo.com/5655514/want-to-know-if-the-fbi-is-tracking-you-look-for-one-of-these
Another article about it.
http://gizmodo.com/5658661/fbi-gets-caught-tracking-mans-car-wants-its-gps-device-back
Guide on gps jammers.
http://gizmodo.com/5622807/how-to-stop-the-government-from-tracking-your-location
RE: Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - Twitchin Kitten - 10-18-2010
Mailing it to mess with the FBI would be a very stupid move. Deserved to be screwed with yes, but the loser would be the guy they invaded his privacy on.
RE: Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - Jamminitin - 10-18-2010
I will never have OnStar in a vehicle I own. Just sayin'
RE: Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - twisteroo - 10-18-2010
That's why I change my own oil.
RE: Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - Jamminitin - 10-18-2010
So no one will take the the GPS off your car?
RE: Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers - twisteroo - 10-18-2010
I wish I had a gps for my car, this guy was given one and he's bitchin?