[Tech] [Privacy] Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS

http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200501/msg00104.html

Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS
Decision allows use of vehicle tracking device without a warrant

By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer
First published: Tuesday, January 11, 2005

In a decision that could dramatically affect criminal investigations nationwide, a federal judge has ruled police didn't need a warrant when they attached a satellite tracking device to the underbelly of a car being driven by a suspected Hells Angels operative.

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