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Q&A: Can you recommend a cell phone without GPS tracking capability, I don’t want the government knowing anything?

Query by Joe B: Can you advocate a cell telephone with out GPS tracking capability, I don’t want the government understanding something? They passed some act in 2005 that stated 95% of cell phones need to have GPS tracking. This indicates 5% do not, I want to discover a phone in that five%. I do not like the notion the government becoming ready to track my where abouts when they really feel like it, which they quite much can do.

Any person have any understanding on American telephone models that fall in that 5th percent?

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Government wants to install GPS in every car to tax you by the Miles you drive, is that a great IDEA or what?

Query by Mark K: Government would like to install GPS in every single auto to tax you by the Miles you drive, is that a wonderful Idea or what? If you live in Minnesota Please do not re-elect this JERK OK?

I have to move far from my job simply because I can’t afford to live close because if Genuine Estate prices are also higher so I live two hours out of the city

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/occasion/article/id/119008/group/property/

Late last week in Washington, U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar touted spending half a trillion dollars to resolve the nation’s transportation woes.

He followed that up on Monday with a news release promising that motorists in Northeastern Minnesota “will see record levels of road development this summer,” thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Investments in infrastructure sound fantastic. No one desires to look further than the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis to recognize our nation’s highways, bridges, rail lines and other transportation systems have been overlooked for also lengthy.

But a nagging question persists: Exactly where will the income come from?

We certainly hope we

didn’t hear aspect of the solution yesterday when news broke that Oberstar, chairman of the Home Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, needed to right away enact a mileage-based tax on cars and trucks.

Whether enacted instantly or in the future, a new tax now — or anytime, really, no matter what the economy is like — would be about as welcome as hitting one particular of those tire-popping potholes along Glenwood Street.

Taxing Americans based on the miles they drive would need a frightening quantity of government intrusion. Automobiles would need to have to be equipped with GPS technologies that could decide how many miles a car has been driven and no matter whether the miles have been logged on interstate highways or on secondary roads. Not attempting to sound big-brother paranoid, but

wouldn’t such technological innovation also enable vehicles to be tracked — with the likely for a enormous invasion of privacy?

Oberstar spokesman Jim Berard argued that “a car miles-traveled tax is a logical complement, and perhaps a future replacement, for fuel taxes.” But once the two taxes are in location, does any person seriously think one would be eliminated in favor of the other? Especially with a “strong require [for government] to locate income,” as Berard stated?

Challenging-operating commuters finding to and from work would be hit challenging by a mileage-based tax. Rural locations and smaller towns, like Duluth and Oberstar’s native Chisholm, also would bear the brunt. Handy public transportation is not available in these locations like it is in Washington or elsewhere residents can hop a subway to get close to — or exactly where a congressman can call for a driver to take him in which he desires to go.

Infrastructure investment is needed. No denying that. But we don’t need to shell out so much that new taxes have to be created to spend for it all. The investment does not have to outcome in record levels of road development. And it doesn’t have to come at a expense of half a trillion dollars.

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What do you think about government GPS monitoring?

Question by Classical Liberal (libertarian): What do you believe about government GPS monitoring? Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS gadget on the bottom of your vehicle and preserve track of all over the place you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, due to the fact you do not have any affordable expectation of privacy in your personal driveway — and no affordable expectation that the government isn’t tracking your movements. That is the bizarre — and scary — rule that now applies in California and eight other Western states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers this vast jurisdiction, not long ago decided the government can monitor you in this way virtually anytime it wants — with no want for a search warrant. (See a TIME photoessay on Cannabis Culture.) It is a harmful choice — 1 that, as the dissenting judges warned, could turn America into the kind of totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell. It is particularly offensive because the judges additional insult to injury with some shocking class bias: the little private privacy that still exists, the court recommended, ought to belong primarily to the rich.

This situation began in 2007, when Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents determined to monitor Juan Pineda-Moreno, an Oregon resident who they suspected was expanding marijuana. They snuck onto his property in the middle of the evening and located his Jeep in his driveway, a few feet from his trailer home. Then they attached a GPS tracking gadget to the vehicle’s underside. After Pineda-Moreno challenged the DEA’s actions, a 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled in January that it was all completely legal. More disturbingly, a greater group of judges on the circuit, who were subsequently asked to reconsider the ruling, decided this month to let it stand. (Pineda-Moreno has pleaded guilty conditionally to conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and manufacturing marijuana even though appealing the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained with the aid of GPS.)

In these highly partisan times, GPS monitoring is a topic that has each conservatives and liberals worried. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s pro-privacy ruling was unanimous — determined by judges appointed by Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. (Comment on this story.) Plenty of liberals have objected to this type of spying, but it is the conservative Chief Judge Kozinski who has carried out so most passionately. “1984 might have come a bit later than predicted, but it really is right here at final,” he lamented in his dissent. And invoking Orwell’s totalitarian dystopia in which privacy is basically nonexistent, he warned: “Some day, soon, we could wake up and find we’re living in Oceania.”

http://www.time.com/time/nation/post/,8599,2013150,00.html?xid=rss-fullnation-yahoo

What do you believe about this?

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how can the government put a gps on your car?

Question by Andrew: how can the government put a gps on your car? why is it legal for police to be in a position to place a gps on your car without having any reason, suspicion or something? its your property, how come they can place there stuff on it and track you? ok, nicely can i follow around/track with a gps a cop car? if not why not?

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Can you recommend a cell phone without GPS tracking capability, I don’t want the government knowing anything?

Question by Joe B: Can you recommend a cell phone without GPS tracking capability, I don’t want the government knowing anything? They passed some act in 2005 that said 95% of cell phones must have GPS tracking. This means 5% do not, I want to find a phone in that 5%. I do not like the concept the government being able to track my where abouts whenever they feel like it, which they pretty much can do.

Anyone have any knowledge on American phone models that fall in that 5th percent?

Answer by CrystalAny cell phone that has a signal can be tracked, even if it’s not exactly intended to be used as GPS. Your phone has to use the cell towers to get a signal to call out.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

By the mile tax via Government GPS in your car, good or bad?

As cars get better and better gas mileage, they have to do something.

SO the Prius drivers will pay the same as the Hummer drivers? All this ON TOP of the Cap and trade tax AND the Federal tax we already pay per gallon! I am sure the government will not use the system to track where you go. ;-/

With the new super majority the the liberals have in DC, passing this should not be a problem.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-20-roads_N.htm

Naaaa, they will never implement this. I am sure they are JUST testing it in SIX STATES just as a total waste of money and just to create jobs???? Naaaa, never. Congress likes it:

http://www.rideluxe.com/congress-supports-mileage-tax-tracking-drivers-via-gps/

You can search more info. But to think Congress would not be interested in a way to tax us is naive. You know this right?

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Government wants to install GPS in every car to tax you by the Miles you drive, is that a great IDEA or what?

If you live in Minnesota Please do not re-elect this JERK OK?

I have to move far from my job because I can’t afford to live close because if Real Estate prices are too high so I live 2 hours out of the city

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/119008/group/home/

Late last week in Washington, U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar touted spending half a trillion dollars to solve the nation’s transportation woes.

He followed that up on Monday with a news release promising that motorists in Northeastern Minnesota “will see record levels of road construction this summer,” thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Investments in infrastructure sound great. No one needs to look further than the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis to realize our nation’s highways, bridges, rail lines and other transportation systems have been overlooked for too long.

But a nagging question persists: Where will the money come from?

We certainly hope we

didn’t hear part of the answer yesterday when news broke that Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, wanted to immediately enact a mileage-based tax on cars and trucks.

Whether enacted immediately or in the future, a new tax now — or anytime, really, no matter what the economy is like — would be about as welcome as hitting one of those tire-popping potholes along Glenwood Street.

Taxing Americans based on the miles they drive would require a frightening amount of government intrusion. Vehicles would need to be equipped with GPS technology that could determine how many miles a car has been driven and whether the miles were logged on interstate highways or on secondary roads. Not trying to sound big-brother paranoid, but

wouldn’t such technology also allow vehicles to be tracked — with the potential for a massive invasion of privacy?

Oberstar spokesman Jim Berard argued that “a vehicle miles-traveled tax is a logical complement, and perhaps a future replacement, for fuel taxes.” But once both taxes are in place, does anyone seriously believe one would be eliminated in favor of the other? Especially with a “strong need [for government] to find revenue,” as Berard stated?

Hard-working commuters getting to and from work would be hit hard by a mileage-based tax. Rural areas and smaller towns, including Duluth and Oberstar’s native Chisholm, also would bear the brunt. Convenient public transportation isn’t available in those places like it is in Washington or elsewhere residents can hop a subway to get around — or where a congressman can call for a driver to take him where he needs to go.

Infrastructure investment is needed. No denying that. But we don’t need to spend so much that new taxes have to be created to pay for it all. The investment doesn’t have to result in record levels of road construction. And it doesn’t have to come at a cost of half a trillion dollars.

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Can you recommend a cell phone without GPS tracking capability, I don’t want the government knowing anything?

They passed some act in 2005 that said 95% of cell phones must have GPS tracking. This means 5% do not, I want to find a phone in that 5%. I do not like the concept the government being able to track my where abouts whenever they feel like it, which they pretty much can do.

Anyone have any knowledge on American phone models that fall in that 5th percent?

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How can I disable the government tracking device in my cell phone?

No one is debating whether there is a tracking device in cell phones, it has been proven.