Kid finds FBI tracking device under his car...all because of an internet forum post

[srm2cz]

This is some scary shit.

Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back | Threat Level | Wired.com

Cliffs:
-20 y/o Arab American (US Citizen) takes his car to the mechanic, they find an unknown device underneath
-He posts it on Reddit to ask what it is...someone identifies it as a GPS tracking device only sold to law enforcement
-FBI shows up and asks for it back, turns out they've been tracking him for months
-All because he made this post on Reddit (strong irony at the end):

bombing a mall seems so easy to do. i mean all you really need is a bomb, a regular outfit so you arent the crazy guy in a trench coat trying to blow up a mall and a shopping bag. i mean if terrorism were actually a legitimate threat, think about how many fucking malls would have blown up already.. you can put a bag in a million different places, there would be no way to foresee the next target, and really no way to prevent it unless CTU gets some intel at the last minute in which case every city but LA is fucked...so...yea...now i'm surely bugged : /

The scariest part? This type of GPS tracking is completely legal...WITHOUT a warrant.

Appeals court OKs warrantless GPS tracking by feds | Reuters

(A California federal appeals court has OKd warrantless GPS tracking, even though a DC federal appeals court struck it down a few weeks prior...both in August 2010. Almost certainly will be going before the Supreme Court eventually.)

So...be careful what you say on the internet people

 

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