Re: Killer of judge's family used GPS to find her home

From: John Doe (jdoe_at_usenet.is.the.real.thing.com)
Date: 03/17/05


Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 02:03:34 GMT


"Omega" <2121(d)@insightbb.com> wrote:

>I wonder now if GPS units will be banned like they are trying to do
>for guns?

But in fact, a GPS unit is packed with personal information,
including a record of my travels.

Generalizing as you are, such a record is potentially very useful to
law enforcement.

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>http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-lefkow16.html
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>Lefkow killer used GPS to find her home
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>March 16, 2005
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>BY FRANK MAIN AND NATASHA KORECKI Staff Reporters

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