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Your location in a public place is not a secret. It is not legally protected. This is well established by multiple precedents. Heck, FBI agents can legally p
by codex 13y ago
Your location in a public place is not a secret. It is not legally protected. This is well established by multiple precedents.
Heck, FBI agents can legally place a tracking device on your car, without a warrant if they do so while your car is in a public place (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/03/federal-judge-rules-fbi-didnt-need-warrant-to-plant-gps-tracking-device/ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/03/federal-judge-rules-fb...).
- newman314 13y agoNo, it is not. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/01/supreme-court-holds-warrantless-gps-tracking-unconstitutional/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/01/supreme-court-hol...
- codex 13y agoThat ruling did not consider whether a warrant is required, only that the attachment of the device constituted a "search" because the government was trespassing when they installed it (http://lippmannwouldroll.com/2012/01/28/what-the-supreme-courts-gps-case-actually-says/ http://lippmannwouldroll.com/2012/01/28/what-the-supreme-cou...).