While we're at it, let's remember: "Cops don't need warrants to bug vehicles, Nevada high court says" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03452.html "U.K. plans to track all drivers with GPS, charge fees" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03178.html And Oregon's plan: http://www.odot.state.or.us/ruftf/pdfs/VMTPreferred_Scenario_Nov1502.pdf -Declan --- From: Neil Johnson <njohnsnat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Subject: Wife attaches GPS tracker to car, Hubby thinks its a bomb. Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 23:16:41 -0600 >From the Sumter, South Carolina "Item": "A device that appeared to be a bomb on a vehicle parked outside Simpson's Hardware and Sports on Wesmark Boulevard kept local and state authorities busy for nearly four hours Friday before the object was found to be a tracking system placed on the car by the driver's wife....." http://www.theitem.com/CityDesk/030118a_news.cfm >From the picture of the device in the article, I can see why they thought it was a bomb. -- Neil Johnson, N0SFH http://www.iowatelecom.net/~njohnsn PGP key available on request. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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