The Threads Hold
by digby
It’s good to see the fourth Amendment is still hanging in there, tattered though it is …
Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects
A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Friday that police cannot use a Global Positioning System device to track a person’s movements for an extended time without a warrant, clearing the way for the Supreme Court to decide the privacy impact of the new surveillance technology in products such as cellphones and vehicle-navigation systems.
This is great news. Maybe someday they’ll limit the use of tasers to electrocute suspects too.
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