KIyYK9oz9Go&autoplay=1&showinfo=0 (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Print - Concerned About Your Digital Privacy? You Should Be. Threat Level III: Devastating Victims: Harassed ex-spouses, government suspects, random targets, future homeowners Damage: psychological and physical Threats, oppressive Orwellian Intrusion GPS Car Tracking Low-cost GPS devices for tracking kids or pets may be marketed for innocent purposes, but they can also be used to sinister effect.
Last November, Christina Crosby of Jacksonville, Fla., found one of these devices attached to her car after her estranged husband started randomly showing up at places she went. It is illegal for citizens to secretly track each other via GPS, but the law is not so clear when it comes to the government. And sometimes the law-enforcement GPS dragnet is cast uncomfortably wide. Pill Bottle Survival Kit.