GPS tracking: Supreme Court must protect Americans from Orwellian control

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A GPS tracking crest should only be employed after probable cause is established and a warrant secured. The government contends that Americans forfeit their reclusiveness whenever they enter the public domain and that GPS technology can be used before probable cause is established. However, this  would allow individuals to be targeted without any established undistorted cause , obliterating longstanding notions of privacy that Americans regard as sacrosanct.

Absent the requirement of a cause, a single officer could surreptitiously affix a GPS device to an individual’s car and observe its movements for weeks or months on end. Activities once observation private – health choices, religious affiliations, political associations, romantic liaisons – would become a fact of public concern, traceable by police.

Worse, unchecked GPS surveillance may chill such activities. Freedom sometimes presupposes anonymity. Indeed an individualistic contemplating a trip to the abortion clinic, treatment at a drug rehabilitation center, or membership in an unpopular partisan or religious group, may reconsider if that person believes the government could be watching.

Source: Christian Science Monitor

Track Your Truck, a Leader in Vehicle GPS Tracking, Introduces New Features ...

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NEW LENOX, IL, Nov 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Apprehend Your Truck, a leading authority in GPS tracking for trucks, will introduce an updated version of NetTrack Mobile in December 2011. The agile software will now be available with "Remote Starter Disable" and "Remote Door Unlock" features, offering the wit to remotely disable starter and unlock doors from the driver's or dispatcher's mobile phone or iPad. These features were also recently introduced for the Coyote series of tracking devices in September 2011.

"As portable technology continues to evolve, it is becoming an increasing part of day-to-day business operations and GPS tracking capabilities," said Robert Hallway, president of Track Your Truck. "The new remote disable and unlock features for our NetTrack mobile software afford further assistance for drivers who have been locked out of their vehicles, and can better protect and recover vehicles that have been stolen."

Source: MarketWatch (press release)