Somewhat Reassuring
“Justice" Dept. challenge in 3… 2…
“It is one thing for a passerby to observe or even to follow someone during a single journey as he goes to the market or returns home from work,” the court opinion said.
“It is another thing entirely for that stranger to pick up the scent again the next day and the day after that, week in and week out, dogging his prey until he has identified all the places, people, amusements, and chores that make up that person’s hitherto private routine.”
The judges said the use of GPS, or Global Positioning System tracking, was a violation of the constitutional guarantee in the Fourth Amendment of unreasonable searches and seizures, saying it was an “intrusion” into “private affairs."
Guess I can put off reading “Faraday Cages for Dummies” for another week or two.
The judges, for some unaccountable reason, are correct.
On the other hand:
“... next day and the day after that, week in and week out”I was at a talk some years back. At one point he talked about tailing suspects. He said that you only have to follow them for about 3 days, and you’ll have their whole routine. Most people are like that - they go to the same few places over and over.
Still, it is encouraging to find that thee are still judges left who know what’s right.
Posted by ZZMike on 08/09/10 at 12:37 PMPS: The talk was by a “private eye”.
Ooops.Posted by ZZMike on 08/09/10 at 12:37 PM
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