Global Positioning System
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Does the Fourth Amendment Protect Against GPS Tracking?
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could have broad implications for how modern surveillance technology is used to track criminals. The question at stake in The United States v. Antoine Jones is whether Fourth Amendment protections from “unreasonable searches and seizures” extends to GPS tracking and where the boundaries between public and private space […]
Jonathan Coe on ‘The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim’
It’s now not unusual to wake up alone, drive to work alone, and eat our meals alone. It’s expected that most of our communicating will take place through machines. What does all this isolation do to us? We talk with Jonathan Coe and Karen Jacobson.
High Tech Booty Hunt
When former President Clinton declassified the global positioning system, also known as GPS, it opened the door for citizen use of the satellite navigation network. As Ken Shulman reports, a new sport called geocaching has sent both outdoor enthusiasts and techno-geeks on treasure hunting adventures using handheld GPS devices.
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