Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers

[Synicus Maximus]

Source: AP

SAN FRANCISCO – Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old computer salesman and community college student, took his car in for an oil change earlier this month and his mechanic spotted an odd wire hanging from the undercarriage.

The wire was attached to a strange magnetic device that puzzled Afifi and the mechanic. They freed it from the car and posted images of it online, asking for help in identifying it.

Two days later, FBI agents arrived at Afifi's Santa Clara apartment and demanded the return of their property — a global positioning system tracking device now at the center of a raging legal debate over privacy rights.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101016/ap_on_re_us/us_gps_tracking_warrants

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[Scuba]

1. Welcome to DU.

[lonestarnot]

2. Asked answered and discussed prreviously, but

welcome to DU. :hi:

[orbitalman]

3. I'm positive this is just the TIP of the iceberg. n/t

[Downwinder]

4. Can Citizens attach GPS trackers to Government vehicles?

[Ian David]

5. You know, why not? n/t

[Wednesdays]

6. So far, it's just cars...

Just wait until they GPS-tag everyone via microchips on their bodies! :scared: