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Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court confronted the profound impact of new location-tracking technologies on Americans' privacy.
The case, U.S. v. Jones, presented the question of whether law enforcement needs a warrant before planting a GPS tracking device on a person's car.
The answer to this question is important in its own right, but the case is likely to have broader implications.
Cell phone companies keep records of where you go with your phone.
Google stores your Internet searches, and your Internet Service Provider may keep track of what websites you visit.
Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google hold your your old emails.
A 1983 Supreme Court case, United States v. Knotts said that police do not need a warrant to install a beeper on a truck to monitor its movements.
“A person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfares has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements from one place to another” ...
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-jones/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/07/opinion/crump-gps/index.html
http://ideas.time.com/2011/11/14/big-brother-wants-to-track-your-car/#ixzz1eFNnJ9GL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
The case, U.S. v. Jones, presented the question of whether law enforcement needs a warrant before planting a GPS tracking device on a person's car.
The answer to this question is important in its own right, but the case is likely to have broader implications.
Cell phone companies keep records of where you go with your phone.
Google stores your Internet searches, and your Internet Service Provider may keep track of what websites you visit.
Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google hold your your old emails.
A 1983 Supreme Court case, United States v. Knotts said that police do not need a warrant to install a beeper on a truck to monitor its movements.
“A person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfares has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements from one place to another” ...
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-jones/
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/07/opinion/crump-gps/index.html
http://ideas.time.com/2011/11/14/big-brother-wants-to-track-your-car/#ixzz1eFNnJ9GL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite