http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/ Engadget Comments for California gang members to sport GPS trackers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/Apr 16th 2007 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/
Uh oh, you gangsters better make like the professional criminals and go into lobbying so you can block these things!
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You're not an "ex-con", "ex-criminal", or "ex-gang member" until you've served ALL of your time, made an attempt to right your wrongs, and begun contributing to society. Until then, you're nothing but a problem to be dealt with any way legitimate society sees fit. Seeing as how jail is expensive (to people like me with jobs and tax bills) and this approach apparently isn't, I think it's a worthwhile program.

Now we just need to figure out how to record everything they do and say DVR style so that when they do commit their next crime, we can capture the previous 24 hours from the device and make the trials quicker and simpler (i.e., cheaper).]]>Apr 16th 2007 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/Apr 16th 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/
Bonus sides to this? What about the possibility of letting a prisoner out early BECAUSE the risk is lower aka we can track him? Billy crimeboy, if we let you out early you promisie to only go from work to home for 6 months. . "no sir, then I wouldn't be free" Okay billy, serve the rest of your 2 years at our expense.]]>Apr 16th 2007 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/Apr 16th 2007 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/16/california-gang-members-to-sport-gps-trackers/"Freedom is Slavery!”
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The issue is the admissibility of digital evidence and that GPS based data will likely ultimately be worthless in a court of law base on the the first time a Daubert or Frye Test is applied by a relying Court to the GPS system itself.

What these two tests are, are the basic constraints for admitting scientific testimony which is what GPS Data is... and unsecured "L1 Only" GPS fails both of them in spades.

As to why this is true... an idiot could spoof a GPS system in their sleep. It's that easy, but more importantly, the operators of the GPS system all have clear warnings about reliance on unauthenticated GPS (i.e. Civilian "L1" GPS) services for anything that doenst have human oversight... i.e. That GPS is suitable for navigating a SUV or a super tanker for that matter, but in uses where court admissible evidence is created, GPS is worthless.

Further, timestamps from GPS based devices actually violate 15 USC 271 and 15 USC 272 which are VERY clear on which Federal Agencies can distribute Time Data... and guess what, the USNO is not one of them according to the US Law.

I am not saying this is right - but it is the law by my reading of them statutes.

Todd Glassey

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