GPS Ankle Bracelets Now Have the Ability to Listen and Record Conversations An update on the creeping surveillance state: An alarming report out of Puerto Rico finds that an ankle bracelet given to suspects out on bail or parole may have the ability to listen to and record conversations. A Corrections Department agent, who works at the Puerto Rico Pretrial Services Office’s monitoring center for defendants free on bail, placed a GPS ankle bracelet on the court podium and made a call from the device to a technician of the SecureAlert company, which provides them at a facility in Sandy, Utah. The technician, who was addressed through the GPS ankle bracelet–which has a phone feature–testified that, although the device is supposed to vibrate when activated from Utah, the feature could be turned on without warning . . . . . .the discovery has raised serious questions about whether such technology violates the confidentiality of the attorney-client relationship–and the right to privacy–for thousands of individuals under court supervision across the U.S. whose personal private conversations could be heard or recorded without their knowledge and without a court warrant.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 04:56:12 +0000
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