Feds: Privacy Does Not Exist in ‘Public Places’ | Threat Level | Wired.com

1984 ring any bells....?

Feds: Privacy Does Not Exist in ‘Public Places’ | Threat Level | Wired.com:

The Obama administration has urged a federal appeals court to allow the government, without a court warrant, to affix GPS devices on suspects’ vehicles to track their every move.

The Justice Department is demanding a federal appeals court rehear a case in which it reversed the conviction and life sentence of a cocaine dealer whose vehicle was tracked via GPS for a month, without a court warrant. The authorities then obtained warrants to search and find drugs in the locations where defendant Antoine Jones had travelled."