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Old 07-06-2011, 09:25 AM
 
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He should have just placed it on a police officer's vehicle.


YouTube - ‪FBI Secretly Tracked College Student Without Warrant‬‏
My question is what do they think he is doing to warrant a track?
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Not recommended. The FCC gets intense if you start deliberately jamming the airwaves.
You're right, probably best to localize it just to the device and the very immediate area.
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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I would just like to have a detector to let me know when I was being tracked. That would be far more useful than a jammer.

Is your personal vehicle considered your domicile and does this tracking require a warrant?

Disable device by wrapping it in aluminum foil and putting it back in place? Could that be considered impeding and investigation?
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Disable device by wrapping it in aluminum foil and putting it back in place? Could that be considered impeding and investigation?
No, because it's now your property after it was left there. Without markings, how can the FBI prove it's theirs and not yours?
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:32 AM
 
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I hope people have been noticing, but since 2001 we've been in a state of soft martial law. Just because there aren't tanks rolling down the streets and platoons of soldiers marching down enforcing curfew, does not mean we aren't in one. It's been especially intensifying since the economic collapse, I think the government knows something the media doesn't. Namely, depression is coming
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Wasilla, Alaska
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Not recommended. The FCC gets intense if you start deliberately jamming the airwaves.
It only jams the GPS signals within a 5 meter radius. Any GPS device in that radius is rendered useless. If law enforcement can violate my right to be secure from unreasonable searches, then I can violate the law and jam their unconstitutional attempts to track me. It works both ways.
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:33 AM
 
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My question is what do they think he is doing to warrant a track?
He's a American citizen who's a Muslim of Egyptian descent. His late father was a local Muslim community leader who was also on a federal watchlist. The FBI questioned the college student if he'd been overseas to Yemen or had any connection to radical groups--after he found the tracker.
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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It only jams the GPS signals within a 5 meter radius. Any GPS device in that radius is rendered useless. If law enforcement can violate my right to be secure from unreasonable searches, then I can violate the law and jam their unconstitutional attempts to track me. It works both ways.
That should be localized enough to prevent FCC issues.
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:37 AM
 
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He's a American citizen who's a Muslim of Egyptian descent. His late father was a local Muslim community leader who was also on a federal watchlist.
Oh, and Thank you.
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Old 07-06-2011, 10:17 AM
 
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Yeah, I can see that. Some sort of property crime has been committed, if people can legally stick GPS transponders on cars.
I seem to remember some court ruling that said it was legal.
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