[ NNSquad ] Supreme Court rules unanimously that warrant is needed for attaching a GPS device to vehicles

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Supreme Court rules unanimously that warrant is needed for attaching a GPS device to vehicles

http://j.mp/y5aqEM  (Time)

   "The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a
    search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects.
    The ruling represents a serious complication for law enforcement
    nationwide, which increasingly relies on high tech surveillance of
    suspects, including the use of various types of GPS technology."

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Note that other issues such as duration of tracking, cell phone GPS
units, vehicle built-in GPS, etc. are not settled by this current
case. 

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
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