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1shooner an hour ago

SCOTUS unanimously ruled that a GPS car tracker is a 4th amendment search.

stickfigure 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

US v Jones ruled that installing a GPS car tracker requires a warrant because it trespasses on private property (the vehicle).

On the other hand, law enforcement can follow your car with a drone, helicopter, or other vehicle without a warrant. Are cameras more like a helicopter or more like a GPS tracker? The Supreme Court has not weighed in yet.

estearum 12 minutes ago | parent [-]

No no no, not true.

US v Jones ruled that installing a GPS car tracker requires a warrant at least when it involves trespass on private property. That case explicitly did not answer whether it would also require a warrant if no trespass was required, and deferred to Katz v United States analysis. That analysis was used shortly after in Carpenter v United States to answer that the government cannot use third party data that people do not voluntarily give up (like cell tower data) given the completeness of the record.

Fundamentally the issue presented is: "At bottom, the Court must “assur[e] preservation of that degree of privacy against government that existed when the Fourth Amendment was adopted.”"

Obviously "input name, find location at all hours of any day over the past X years" is not the degree of privacy against government that existed when the 4th Amendment was adopted.

stickfigure 7 minutes ago | parent [-]

You said "no" then vigorously agreed with me. My point was that, contrary to the grandparent, US v Jones does not resolve this question.