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Aug 18, 2008 | 9:17 am
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And I'm sure private enterprise will be chipping in soon with louver covers to block the readers. I know you can buy some good ones up in Canada which are used to block the readers on some of the automated toll freeways.
Aug 18, 2008 | 11:29 am
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In the Washington Post article, at least the cops made a distinction between a vehicle on public and a vehicle on private property -- for now. I guess the lesson is to make sure your garage is clean and never let you car out of sight when you're in public.
At least there is good news in the article's poll. At last reading, about 60% of the respondents said that doing the GPS thing is a "troubling trend."
Intellectually, I don't see any differences between a tracking device and a telephone wiretap when a court order is considered. Oops -- I just remembered -- you don't need a court order for a wiretap anymore.
At least there is good news in the article's poll. At last reading, about 60% of the respondents said that doing the GPS thing is a "troubling trend."
Intellectually, I don't see any differences between a tracking device and a telephone wiretap when a court order is considered. Oops -- I just remembered -- you don't need a court order for a wiretap anymore.
Aug 18, 2008 | 11:34 am
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Aug 18, 2008 | 3:20 pm
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NBC 4 gave a little blurb about it last night after the Olympics coverage, but when I went to search for it on-line, there wasn't any info...
Doesn't DHS have enough of a job trying to secure our borders than to try and find the needle in a haystack... while it drives by (not stopping them) ... about as good as the No-Fly list that doesnt have any terrorist names on it... sheesh
Doesn't DHS have enough of a job trying to secure our borders than to try and find the needle in a haystack... while it drives by (not stopping them) ... about as good as the No-Fly list that doesnt have any terrorist names on it... sheesh
Aug 18, 2008 | 4:16 pm
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I'm saddened they actually are deploying this in DC. Next thing we know, they'll be in Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, other major cities... and eventually everywhere. *shudder*How exactly would this be productive? And what bias would they use for pulling someone over if they were in a "criminal database"? Unpaid parking tickets? Unpaid child support? Also, would this work with big freeways - too many cars, some speeding, etc?
Why are they doing this anyway? Damn it, terrorists aren't everywhere like they think (or want us to think).
Aug 18, 2008 | 4:25 pm
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Aug 18, 2008 | 4:28 pm
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Just my two cents.
Aug 18, 2008 | 4:37 pm
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License plate readers -- and processing of just that info -- are going to do nothing to stop someone who borrows or otherwise misuses another vehicle's license plate or duplicates it. A reliance on such means may even mislead investigators after an incident.
Waste of money that will catch more ordinary criminals and innocent people than it will catch terrorists.
Waste of money that will catch more ordinary criminals and innocent people than it will catch terrorists.
Aug 18, 2008 | 4:45 pm
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I don't know which staggers or unfuriates me more - the fact that PDs are doing this without a warrant, or stupid judges are buying the 'it's just like following them' story and admitting the traces as evidence! Idiots!
I'd like to send these judges to a re-education camp where they can spend 18 hour stretches memorizing the US Constitution.
Are there any GPS 'detectors' out there - a device you can wave around your car to check for the presence of tracking antennas?
I'd like to send these judges to a re-education camp where they can spend 18 hour stretches memorizing the US Constitution.
Are there any GPS 'detectors' out there - a device you can wave around your car to check for the presence of tracking antennas?
Aug 18, 2008 | 4:52 pm
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Sorry, but I don't think it's right for us to stoop down to their level. I refuse to call TSA and/or DHS terrorists like some people do on this board. I know that makes me look like a wet blanket, but they're calling others terrorists, so if we call them terrorists, we're stooping to their level. It's kind of like stooping down to the level of a playground bully. The best solution is to ignore the bully or stand up to him/her, but if we call DHS/police terrorists, that just makes us look bad.
Just my two cents.
Just my two cents.
noun
1. a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
2. a person who terrorizes or frightens others.
3. (formerly) a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror.
4. an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
adjective
5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists: terrorist tactics.