FBI car tracking device

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

Battle Brews Over FBI’s Warrantless GPS Tracking | Threat Level | Wired.com

Wired also has a tear down of the tracking device

masraum · 05-09-2011, 12:10 PM

Is anyone surprised. I think the thing to do would be to find a semi in a rest stop to attach the thing to. Send the FBI around the country. That might be fun.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

I bet they can track you with your own cell phone. They will be some bored stiff suckers that track me.

nynor · 05-09-2011, 12:43 PM

they can track you with your cell phone. its been all over the news.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

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Originally Posted by nynor

they can track you with your cell phone. its been all over the news.

Yea, and with an iPhone you can't take the battery out to really kill it. I guess you could put it in a steel box to keep the signal from getting out.

nynor · 05-09-2011, 12:47 PM

"The administration (obama's) is seeking to overturn a ruling by a lower court that law enforcement officials must obtain a warrant before using a tracker."

this is because they want to track your car in order to tax by the mile. this would require that EVERYONE have a tracker. its a fun new world we are living in.

Paul_Heery · Paul_Heery's Garage

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Originally Posted by nynor

they can track you with your cell phone. its been all over the news.

And people laugh at me because I never upgraded.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

Unfortunately that is an analog phone. It will not work in this century.

nynor · 05-09-2011, 12:56 PM

LOL! i remember some twit walking through the mall like she queen of all she beholds, chittering away into her huge fkn phone attached to a cinderblock sized fanny pack.

Superman · 05-09-2011, 01:07 PM

You mean......"they" can get information about me without my consent? You're kidding!

nynor · 05-09-2011, 01:14 PM

not about you. of course.

cgarr · cgarr's Garage

If your doing nothing wrong whats the problem?

Paul_Heery · Paul_Heery's Garage

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Originally Posted by cgarr

If your doing nothing wrong whats the problem?

It doesn't matter if you are doing something wrong or not. What matters is that the government is engaging in a practice that is counter to the 4th amendment. That affects every citizen of the U.S.

stomachmonkey · 05-09-2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by masraum

....I think the thing to do would be to find a semi in a rest stop to attach the thing to..... That might be fun.

Or a local FedEx/UPS truck.

nynor · 05-09-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cgarr

If your doing nothing wrong whats the problem?

there isn't one. except this teeny tiny little thing that our country was founded upon is being usurped: the constitution.

Superman · 05-09-2011, 02:49 PM

I might be doing something wrong. It's possible.

nynor · 05-09-2011, 02:51 PM

nope. you aren't.

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

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Originally Posted by Paul_Heery

It doesn't matter if you are doing something wrong or not. What matters is that the government is engaging in a practice that is counter to the 4th amendment. That affects every citizen of the U.S.

that is what Judge Kozinski thinks

we'll see what the Supremes think pretty soon

sc_rufctr · 05-09-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Yea, and with an iPhone you can't take the battery out to really kill it. I guess you could put it in a steel box to keep the signal from getting out.

Or you could switch Airplane Mode to ON.

sc_rufctr · 05-09-2011, 04:12 PM

With a warrant I don't see a problem.

However if they are doing this without a warrant that's completely wrong.
What are the trying to achieve?