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by codex 4660 days ago
Your location in a public place is not a secret. It is not legally protected. This is well established by multiple precedents.

Heck, FBI agents can legally place a tracking device on your car, without a warrant if they do so while your car is in a public place (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/03/federal-judge-rules-fb...).
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newman314 4660 days ago
No, it is not.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/01/supreme-court-hol...

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codex 4660 days ago
That ruling did not consider whether a warrant is required, only that the attachment of the device constituted a "search" because the government was trespassing when they installed it (http://lippmannwouldroll.com/2012/01/28/what-the-supreme-cou...).
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