Police are using warrantless GPS tracking devices on vehicles

Look for one of these under your car 

Wired has reported on these before and a young man in California found two of these  on his SUV. 

If you have a cell phone that supports GPS (most do), the police can track you through your cell phone and likely listen to your calls with the Harris Kingfish system. 

Rightardia  got this information on the harris Kingfish from a US Army sole-source contract solicitation. 

*Harris KingFish, 1-Channel, Dual Mode Package systems that can be operated in two separate modes; Man-Portable and Vehicular Mounted. The Man-Portable system mode is battery powered CDMA, GSM and iDEN Interrogation Tracking and Location, and Signal Information Collection System. The Vehicular Mounted system mode is portable, 12VDC powered CDMA, GSM, iDEN Interrogation, Tracking and Location, and Signal Information Collection System. 

The term "Signal Information Collection System" suggests Kingfish can do more than just track you. It suggests the police can eavesdrop in you intimate phone conversations. Another Harris WGS system, Amberjack can direction find the phone.and determine how far the phone is from a squad car by silently dialing your phone.

The information that Kingfish collects is so sensitive that the police destroy all of it prior to a trial so the capabilities of the system won't be disclosed in a trail.

Rightardia suggests you use a low cost Tracfone when you travel. Most of them don't contain a GPS chip, but read the phone's spec before you purchase.

You can also pull the battery out of you cell phone to increase secruity and replace it when you are finished with your business.

sources:

 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/new-fed-warrantless-gps-trackers-discovered-in-the-wild.html

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=fd03ebae781f3a3fdb7633699bc1e351&tab=core&_cview=1

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