Posted on 08/26/2010 2:05:50 PM PDT by chessplayer
Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.
That is the bizarre — and scary — rule that now applies in California and eight other Western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers this vast jurisdiction, recently decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually anytime it wants — with no need for a search warrant.
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The prices seem very reasonable. I shut the phone off and take out the battery when I want it to be OFF.
I like the sleeves, and the multi-jammers. They look cool too.
I like the name of the place, too. “Jammer World”. ROFL!
“Jammers ‘R Us”
All modern phones are electronic, so the same technology thats used to ring the phone, can also activate the handset mic, or the speakerphone mic.
Most people have multi handset phones, which enables virtually entire house audio surveilance.
Most cell phones today have a GPS unit in them, that even with power to the phone off, the GPS CAN still be powered. The only alternative is taking the battery out. Older phones that don't have GPS, still ping the towers. Unless your in a very rural area, there are usually 3 or more towers that receive your phones ping, enabling the powers that be to triangulate your position, to within a a handful of yards.
Just like a home phone, your cell phone can be activated to send a voice signal while in your pocket. Isn't bluetooth wonderful. I have heard, but can't confirm, that a signal can be sent to turn a phone on remotely.
Got a tollway transponder? You have already tagged your vehicle for the government.
Welcome to the world of Big Brother.
All paid for by our taxes... good stuff!
Drop it in the mail.
>> If you are found on my property at night, you will be found there in the morning.
Funny.
Put your cell phone in a metalized baggy.
If you have no reasonable expectation that an agent from the government will not trespass on your property to plant a surveillance device on your vehicle, then there is no reasonable expectation to believe that the government isn’t following the GPS signal from your cell phone. And though a warrant is needed to “legaly” LISTEN to phone conversations, I don’t believe the same applies to GPS pings.
Agency employees have nothing else to do but spy on U S citizens.
Ha Ha....garage kept....
But YOU posted on FreeRepublic today, you are now a person of suspicious intent.
>> Put your cell phone in a metalized baggy.
What if I’m waiting for a call from my Russian “handler”? That’s not gonna work so well.
Can you cite a source? It does’;t make sense that you can turn on a cell phone remotely if it is off, because by being off the radio isn’t available to to send or receive a signal.
“That’s right: you have no reasonable expectation that an agent from the government will not trespass you your property to plant a surveillance device on your vehicle.
Another Bizarro World decision by the Ninth Circus.”
But don’t even THINK of taking a picture of a policeman doing their work in public in some states.
So, can I attach a GPS to a police car so I can keep track of where they are? This would be a good way of finding speed traps.
I’d like to hear how “law and order” republicans feel about this vs “tea party” conservatives...
•§ 333 (Willful or malicious interference)
“No person shall willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by or under this chapter or operated by the United States Government.”
The FCC has the authority to enforce this federal statute pursuant to Title 47 CFR §§ 97 (Amateur Radio Service) & 80 (Stations in the Maritime Services); the Agreement Between the United States of America and Canada for the Promotion of Safety on the Great Lakes by Means of Radio; and the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.
Title 47 USC § 302a(a)(1)
•§ 302a(a)(1) (Devices which interfere with radio reception; Regulations)
“The Commission may, consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, make reasonable regulations governing the interference potential of devices which in their operation are capable of emitting radio frequency energy by radiation, conduction, or other means in sufficient degree to cause harmful interference to radio communications.”
The FCC has the authority to enforce this federal statute pursuant to Title 47 CFR §§ 76 (Multichannel Video and Cable Television Service), 15 (Radio Frequency Devices) & 2 (Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters; General Rules and Regulations); and ITU Radio Regulations.
I’m pretty sure that I was before today!
Yeah, I’m aware it’s illegal.
Just go to the old fashioned pre-rranged drop location for instructions wrapped in an old Hope and Change bumper sticker.
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