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It has come up in many a court whether or not tracking a suspect with a GPS tracker is legal. Is it a breach of the fourth amendment? Is a tracker a form of “unreasonable searches”? Need it be dependent on a warrant “upon probable cause supported by Oath or affirmation”? Is it in violation [...]

GPS Saves 7-Year-Old Girl From Kidnapper

by Ronen Ijadi on August 10, 2010

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On June 15th, a seven year-old girl was abducted in the middle of a Chuck E. Cheese’s in California. The girl was thankfully wearing a GPS device disguised as a wristwatch, so when the mother realized she wasn’t there and notified the police, they were able to track her down using satellite tracking technology. As [...]