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I'm assuming if you're not actively trying to get pursued by a law enforcement official this isn't a problem.

I might be wrong, but it's my impression people can get their doors kicked in and their computers seized, returned 6 months later with hard drives wiped. No recourse, or very slow and painful.

And your money stolen without being returned

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165822372/afroman-police-rai...

horse shit! LEO can miss and hit someone elses car.

Also, just because you are being pursued doesnt mean you are guilty of a crime.

Cops can be creeps.

If the tracker hits your car you'll probably be guilty of stealing[1] law enforcement property.

[1]https://futurism.com/cops-charge-man-stealing-gps-tracker

No, you wouldn't, because theft requires mens rea.

Keep in mind that this is the country where people have been charged with destruction of property for bleeding on police uniforms while being beaten. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-cau...

Anybody can be charged with anything. It does not mean they will be convicted.

Oh, okay, good thing that being charged and not convicted has no adverse impacts in this country.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/15/atlanta-jail...

And those charges were dropped -- they weren't found guilty.

Good luck at your upcoming criminal jury trial.

I guess I'll hire Heuring's lawyers instead of a public defender, because he was the intended target of his GPS tracker, and he ultimately beat the theft charges and the entire search warrant.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/removing-a-gps-t...

It's not a bullet. It's a nerf dart and only flies about 35 feet. If you are close enough to get hit by one of these, you're already in a fucking dangerous situation and should probably not just drive home like nothing happened. Also if they wanted to track you, they already can, and this really doesn't help them in any particular way. Hidden GPS devices have been around for years now.

because its not possible for two people to have a grey honda accord heading southbound on I61

This is basically a NERF gun. In the vanishingly unlikely event that you need to, you can file a claim for damage to your vehicle.

It's a problem for everyone because police make mistakes pretty frequently. All that it requires is them mistaking you for a suspect or following the wrong car, going to the wrong house, etc. Every technology should be considered in how it can be misused, instead of assuming everyone that uses it will be honest and infallible.

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