| Due to the fact that GPS vehicle tracking devices | | | | data means it worked. |
| are essentially the same thing as other | | | | GPS jammers create gaps in the real-time data |
| surveillance devices, many people are arguing the | | | | as it's being collected, but since each time the |
| legality of them. Additionally, since there are | | | | GPS device checks its location on the satellite it |
| anti-surveillance devices like spoofers and | | | | gets a reading that is fresh and independent of |
| jammers available, many people question whether | | | | any other readings, the data that does not get |
| the data provided by a GPS tracking device can | | | | jammed should be accurate. |
| be considered legally valid. | | | | GPS spoofers are the worst, because they |
| In courts, judges are debating whether the data is | | | | transmit incorrect data, giving a false impression |
| admissible or not, and are also frequently called | | | | of where the vehicle is. However, spoofers work |
| upon to decide if the data was even gathered | | | | globally in a region, messing up all the GPS data |
| legally or not. Some attorneys even argue that | | | | for the area, and not specifically the GPS device |
| the data is no longer reliable because a known | | | | intended. If police suspect a spoofer is being used, |
| effort was made to block it, spoof it or jam it. | | | | other GPS data can be gathered to compare it to. |
| However, proponents of GPS devices claim it's | | | | If all the data is nonsense, then a spoofer was |
| not fair to rule out all GPS data just because | | | | used; but if the rest of it is ok, a spoofer could |
| some of it might have been meddled with. | | | | be ruled out and the data gathered should be |
| To get a grasp of the situation, one must | | | | trustworthy. |
| understand the types of obstructive devices. A | | | | It would not be right to outlaw vehicle tracking |
| detector, for example, does no more than warn | | | | systems in general because many companies and |
| you that someone is following you with a GPS | | | | individuals have excellent, aboveboard reasons to |
| tracking device. Ergo: its data should be admissible | | | | be using them. The anti-GPS devices should not |
| since at worst it would have no information to | | | | be made illegal either, unless they cause public |
| provide if it didn't work. The fact that there is | | | | safety concerns. |