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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by reaperducer on Monday November 04, 2019 @02:17PM (#21445302)
Anyone can watch you ride a shared scooter up to your house. That's public information. Privacy only comes into play if the scooter is taken inside your house. You have no legal expectation of privacy on a public street or sidewalk.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by snagglegaggle on Monday November 04, 2019 @04:58PM (#21446973)
No, GPS trackers on cars have in some cases been ruled a search.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by reaperducer on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @11:14AM (#21453669)
I don't need a GPS to watch someone ride a scooter.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by snagglegaggle on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:01PM (#21457208)
You don't, but what the court found was that putting a GPS tracker on someone's vehicle was materially different than having a real person shadow them all day.
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