Shady car dealers install secret GPS trackers.

FarnsworthG writes: A news story about the capture of a kidnapper mentioned that he was caught because a car dealer had secretly installed a GPS device on his car. Apparently this is becoming common for "buy-here-pay-here" dealers. The devices are sold by Spireon and Jalopnik among many others. Raises interesting privacy questions.

Ridiculous

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That's a completely baseless accusation. The dealership basically requires that persons with bad credit must sign a form consenting to the GPS locators (and many dealers include ignition interlocks, too). That's perfectly legal. The GPS might have let the cops figure out where he was hiding, but it had nothing to do with how they actually identified him as a suspect; evidence was found linking him to the crime, then cops found out his vehicle had tracking, THEN the GPS was used to find him. I do, however, t