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Re:Cops put GPS tracker on man’s car, charge him with theft ... by desks_dos on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:31PM (#21569670)
I'd love to see how they'd react if the guy welded a steel box around the GPS unit while it was still on his car.
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Re:Cops put GPS tracker on man’s car, charge him with theft ... by didgeoridoo on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:43PM (#21570048)
They’d get him on the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act. Because the unit is a government computer, and he is tampering with its operation.

But seriously, how the fuck is this not subject to both 4th & 5th Amendment challenge? Can someone point me to whatever brain-dead Supreme Court judgment that somehow allows this nonsense?

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