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Surely you can think of some way that government installed GPS devices in someone's cars might be worth choosing not to play along with...
The "be ungovernable" sentiment is pretty common for folks on this platform, right up until the cops could maybe stop people from doing something they dont like and then suddenly surveillance and policing are totally viable solutions that definitely couldn't possibly backfire or have unintended side effects 😅
I'd rather stick to traffic calming road design and better pedestrian infrastructure, personally
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Do you have a cell phone powered on and with you while you drive?
Yes and I don't want them to be able to track that either. I'm not sure having an existing surveillance issue is good reason to add more surveillance 😅
Again, we have lots of options to solve this problem structurally with traffic calming and pedestrian friendly road and infrastructure design
I am sure, so do you. So you'll certainly have no issue posting the GPS coordinates of your home and workplace here in this thread. After all, you're already OK with strangers tracking you.
I'm waiting...
Point is, gov can see it anyway. After like 25mph, its pretty evident you're in a vehicle.
Yes, and my point is, if you say more government tracking doesn't matter since you're already tracked by Google, then it doesn't matter if strangers also track you. Since government officials and Google employees are also strangers to you.
Correct. Those aren't the only two entities that can track you.
Then where are your coordinates?
37.34904° N, 121.90544° W
Show me your warrant now
So you actually don't think giving up your location doesn't matter.
Glad we agree on this.
Gov needs a warrant to obtain gps coordinates. Show me your warrant.
They don't need a warrant, you're allowed to just tell people your coordinates. A warrant would just permit Pommes to commit illegal acts until you give it up.
GPS doesn't need an active internet connection. Maps can be offline.
...what? I'm saying you don't understand how warrants work, not whatever you're rambling about.
The entire point of this thread is about putting GPS in vehicles, FYI. Dude was asking me to post my coordinates, like it was some kind of gotcha.
If someone really wanted my GPS coordinates, they would need them stored online somewhere, and a warrant would be needed to access them.
Yes, if they were stored online somewhere, then whatever entity is keeping track of it would have access to them at all times, but if a government wanted that information, they would need a warrant.
Luckily, GPS doesn't need an active internet connection, so if you have offline maps, you can not only navigate roads, but the GPS device COULD be used as a speed limiter effectively, with no privacy loss whatsoever.
The guy replying to you isn't the government, and he still doesn't need a warrant for you to just tell him your current coordinates. Everything you've said is completely irrelevant.
Why do you think he is asking for my GPS coordinates?
I have a faraday wallet. Every so often I put my phone in the wallet so that it can't be detected by RF emissions.
Im sure it works great when you use it.
It does, yeah. You do have to use it though; just having it does nothing.