Police Use of GPS Devices Limited by U.S. Supreme Court
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The U.S. Supreme Court for the first time limited police power to track people using GPS devices, ruling in a case that will shape the privacy rights Americans should expect from a new generation of wireless electronics.
Today’s decision addresses the unprecedented power that technology is giving police to peer into Americans’ day-to-day activities. The ruling, which centered on a global-positioning system device officers attached to a drug suspect’s car, may also affect mobile phones and other technologies.