Here is one company’s promise on its website to anyone who wants to eavesdrop on someone else’s cellphone: “You could now listen in 100% completely undetected.” The average person now has easy access to spy technology allowing them to gather cellphone information, read private emails, and track someone’s location using GPS. Experts say that the technologies are […]
GPS Tracking Device Could Have Prevented Tragic Murder
According to a report made by a local news station in Denver, CO, a teacher was fatally shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend outside her Denver apartment on December 16. A GPS tracking device that would have been able to warn the victim that the suspect was nearby was not requested by the Denver District Attorney’s Office. […]
FBI Placed GPS Tracker on Bank Robber’s Car
This is a story where miscommunication, and lack of willingness to share crucial information, resulted in the death of a police officer. The controversy surrounding this incident is primarily directed at the FBI. FBI agents knew of a bank robbery before it occurred, but they were keeping the details to themselves. The FBI contacted Muskegon County (Michigan) […]
N.J. Court Approves GPS Tracking on Spouse Suspected of Cheating
Family law options such as collaborative law and divorce mediation are often good options if the spouses can reach amicable agreements with respect to issues of child custody, property division and visitation. However, sometimes contentious disputes over hidden assets, infidelity or other deception cause hard feelings that may require a judicial determination of key divorce […]
New York Court Rules GPS Tracking of Government Worker Was Justified
A New York appeals court ruled in favor of the state in its use of a GPS tracking device on a government employee’s private car. The tracking device was placed on former Labor Department director of staff and organizational development, Michael Cunningham, to investigate whether he was skipping work and falsifying time sheets. In 2008, […]