How GPS Tracking Devices Can Erode Your Privacy

Around mid 2010 GPS tracking devices made the front page around the globe courtesy of a landmark political governing in the usa.

Appeals courts in the states of California and Manhattan ruled the police  and other law enforcement agencies could use GPS tracking devices to track the movements of suspects  without a warrant.

On one hand this is good news as the police now have rather more weaponry in their ar moury against drug-dealers, sexual deviants and violent villains, but on  the other it has some practical concerns for regular, law-abiding citizens.

If you live in a certain state in the United States it means that you may  very well be tracked by the police without even knowing it! They can place a GPS tracking device on  your car, for instance, without a warrant. Then they'll know  where you have been at every point.

We hope that they only target true criminals, but mistakes have been  observed to occur and how would you feel knowing that the  police tracked your movements for weeks or perhaps months as part of an  ongoing criminal inquiry only to discount you later?

The concern here is that the ruling is potentially  hazardous to people's's privacy, but there are ways that you can protect  yourself

What goes up must come down, and in an identical way, devices that receive a signal  so asto track someone may also be blocked.

GPS blockers are straightforward devices that give out a signal that blocks GPS signals coming  down from the satellites. If you think that you're being tracked, or  likely to be, then you can activate one of these units and become invisible.

GPS blockers range from large, high-powered units that will  cover an entire office or house, to little portable units that  have enough strength to cover avehicle as an example. Charge  them, turn them on and you're covered.

These devices are freely available ; however you want to double-check the law in your  country before purchasing as they are in a legal gray area. Conveniently  it's the case that in most countries it's legal to have them,  but not employ them so buying them won't be  an issue.

They're generally available from around twenty greenbacks for the  littlest, portable blockers, up to maybe 150 bucks  for dynamic blockers that will cover a building. Theyare also frequently good for blocking GPS signals, mobilephone  signals ormaybe both!

The ruling by these American courts is still open to plenty of debate and other states have  disagreed and banned warrantless tracking by the police, so it's definitely an issue which will not depart. If this has become  moderately satisfactory in the usa, one can  expect warrantless tracking to spread to other Western nations and even the wor