If you'd like to take a shot at it, feel free to try to convince me that I should be concerned about warrantless GPS tracking of subject cars.
* I'm a good-faith commenter on HN and not inclined to troll you or piss you off for no reason.
* I'm a liberal Democrat.
* I donate money to the ACLU.
* I do not think it is unreasonable for law enforcement agencies to designate, during the course of an actual investigation of a specific target, individual cars for GPS surveillance:
- so long as removing the devices if they're detected isn't a crime
- and research and development of technologies that shield cars from GPS monitoring isn't banned
My reasoning: the police already have the clear and reasonable right to surveil cars from a distance either by ground patrol cars or aerial surveillance. That low-tech surveillance, which has never required a warrant, is actually more intrusive than a GPS device, in that it records your actual actions at each location.
I'm not generally opposed to things that allow law enforcement to do a better job with fewer resources.
I don't want to get into the Patriot Act or anything; we're talking about GPS transponders, which is a specific concept we can actually get our heads around. So let's try!
* I'm a good-faith commenter on HN and not inclined to troll you or piss you off for no reason.
* I'm a liberal Democrat.
* I donate money to the ACLU.
* I do not think it is unreasonable for law enforcement agencies to designate, during the course of an actual investigation of a specific target, individual cars for GPS surveillance:
- so long as removing the devices if they're detected isn't a crime
- and research and development of technologies that shield cars from GPS monitoring isn't banned
My reasoning: the police already have the clear and reasonable right to surveil cars from a distance either by ground patrol cars or aerial surveillance. That low-tech surveillance, which has never required a warrant, is actually more intrusive than a GPS device, in that it records your actual actions at each location.
I'm not generally opposed to things that allow law enforcement to do a better job with fewer resources.
I don't want to get into the Patriot Act or anything; we're talking about GPS transponders, which is a specific concept we can actually get our heads around. So let's try!