The Pros And Cons Of GPS Tracking

Geocaching is a great way to spend an afternoon, a day or a weekend. This activity seems to take the nation by storm and is responsible for the increasing popularity and availability of GPS and car navigation systems on the market today. Many people do not just buy minimal systems that guide their coordination with the beeps and echoes, but investing in complete systems that can monitor much more useful and utilities mapping.

The espionage of the United States’ government is a controversial issue these days. Espionage is the gathering of information without the permission or warrant of the holder of the information. Within the rapid technological development, the variety of tools for espionage are available in the United States; it can be obtained by tracking, surveillance, wiretapping, etc. Specifically, Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking system is one of the significant topics for espionage. Recently, many people including drivers, hikers, and manufacturers often use GPS to see the directions to their destinations, to locate themselves one a trail map, or to keep track of their delivering products. However, today’s controversy with GPS device is that police also uses it to determine suspects’ locations and movements. It is the most advanced technological device to effectively track and monitor suspects and offenders using satellites. Therefore, some people argue that the use of GPS tracking should be increased and should not need warrants, while others assert that GPS devices to track suspects raise legal problems, so Supreme Court should limits police use of GPS tracking. There are many positive and negative aspects of it. According to the article “Do Police Need Warrants For GPS Tracking Devices?,” the author says that the reason for controversy of GPS tracking devices is that “Police, quite naturally, want to use new technology to get the goods on the bad guys, and citizens, quite

Since the advent of humanity, nature has always proved to provide us with sustenance and opportunities for adventure. Yet, it was not only the lack of funds for urban adventure that drew millions of millennials into the woods. In May of 2000, GPS had a revolutionary improvement. This advancement of the global positioning system allowed users to engage and control selective availability, enabling them to pinpoint their exact location and other select locations. The White House stated that, anyone could use GPS to isolate, "the location of items left behind for later recovery.” Thus, sparking the origin of

Ever since man has been observing their surroundings, there has been a desire to go to the far reaches of our earth and out of our earth. Global Positioning Systems, or GPS, has allowed an easier way for people to know where the user is on our earth and to know that we put something into space.

Today, we can send information all over the world instantly; however movement and activities can be tracked through computers and cell phones. With new and improved technology, it can improve lives, increase public safety, build wealth and promote efficiencies in how we use scarce resources. Researchers,

In addition, the police is using the GPS for location tracking. In the article, DesMarais,2012. “This Smartphone Tracking Tech Will Give You the creeps.” It explains that the IPS allows pinpoint tracking of any WiFi enabled device, such as a smartphone or tablet.

There are three ways for anti-GPS spoofing. These are cryptography, signal-distortion detection, and direction-of-arrival sensing. However, use of one method is not enough. Combining strategies is the sure way to secure a countermeasure for spoofing. Cryptographic method allows the users to authenticate signals on the fly. An example of cryptographic technique is the use of PRN codes for the civilian receivers. PRN codes are unpredictable that is why a spoofer cannot grasp the codes ahead of time. In addition, there is still a need of verification of each new signal. Every civilian receiver carries an encryption key similar to the ones used by military receivers. It is difficult for the attackers to obtain the keys correctly. Nevertheless,

With the evolution of technology and the internet, there have been upcoming concerns concerning information privacy. The internet has increased the level of information that can be gathered and analyzed. Over the last decade, there have been groundbreaking improvements in technology which have enhanced whet people can d with the technology at any given time. For instance, through the use of the internet, one can use global system positioning system locators to acquire real time data about a person or object’s movement and speed. This was not nearly possible thirty years ago. Another example is that cell phones embedded with E-911 services can be used to locate an individual’s precise location (Waldo, Lin and Millett, 2007). Such devices are mostly used by parents to monitor their children’s whereabouts.

The GPS can have horrible secrets in life and might ruin it. They can lead to fraud, identity theft, or people being stalked. This could happen to anyone at any time and it might happen to you. In this essay, there will be information about how bad the GPS can really be from ads putting viruses on phones to people tracking someone. If someone goes to prison and is let out, the police might put a GPS on their car so they know what he/she is doing and where they are. This can also be used against that person in court and it might not be true.

The law enforcement industry, is just one example, of an organization that has embraced GPS technology because it has made their jobs easier, safer, and more productive. All these elements add up to costs savings, in nearly every area of law enforcement. GPS tracking systems help police officers to, not only know where the good guys are, it helps them to know where the bad guys are. Tracking devices give paramedics, fire response teams, and police officers the ability to rapidly respond to calls in cities, across the nation, and many are discovering that GPS tracking devices have other valuable applications for law enforcement. Using GPS devices in a variety of situations, law enforcement personnel

In Montgomery, Robert Chae was murdered and cell phone tracking helped police find the three attackers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) traced the movements of the phones and were eventually able to find the murderers (Nunnally).  With this new technology, the FBI and police can easily track down criminals.  Cell phone tracking can also help police accumulate knowledge about the clandestine locations of terrorist groups.  Terrorists are hard to recognize because they blend in so well, so “it is necessary to unusual means to gather information about their whereabouts” (Baker).  The FBI can immediately find the location of terrorist after they turn on their cell phone because the signal is received in space (Baker).  Once police receive the signal, they can send alerts to patrolling agencies nearby.  It is imperative for the police and FBI agents to to use modern warfare technology to pinpoint where terrorists reside and prevent them from carrying out their destructive plans.  Contemporary technology is very useful because alerts come within seconds and it is extremely precise.  Kidnapped victims can also be found using cell phone tracking.  A woman called 911 in Salem, Massachusetts when she was kidnapped.  Immediately after she hung up, The dispatcher was able to track down the truck and the woman using her phone (“Police Track”).  Cell phone tracking can play a

“Originally designed for military and intelligence applications at the height of the Cold War, the global positioning system is a network of satellites that orbit the earth at fixed points above the planet” (“Using GPS,” 2014). In an effort to improve performance and reduce expenses, many police departments have adopted the use of GPS trackers for surveillance and other purposes. In the past, officers would have the tedious job of following criminals on foot for days or even months at a time. Using these devices for vehicle pursuing provides police departments with instantaneous information and helps them operate more effectively. However, some privacy issues surrounding GPS use by

Children and teenagers are not always known to abide by the rules or be very trustworthy. Indeed, the common stereotype about them is being rebellious against their parents. As a result, when it comes time to entrust them to bigger responsibilities such as driving, it can be difficult to trust them to handle it properly. But what can one to keep constantly checking on them when they are out on their own? Currently, the main solution is to put tracking devices in, for example, their cars or phones. These devices allow their parents to know their children’s every move, alerting them with e-mails or phone calls when the kids are doing things that should not be done. However, people are doubtful of whether they are good solutions or not. Tracking

TerraCog Inc. is a company that specializes in high quality global position system and fishing sonar equipment. Even though TerraCog is usually late to enter the market with new products, they always outperform their competitors by having a higher quality product and better addressing the needs of the consumer. In 2006, Posthaste, a rival company, introduced a GPS prototype called “BirdsI”. At the time, BirdsI was the only handheld GPS that contained satellite imagery. TerraCog did not see any threat initially, an example of short-sightedness and complacency on management’s part. Eventually, wary of their lapse in judgment upon their rivals’ sudden takeover of the handheld GPS market, TerraCog President Richard Fiero made a push to launch a TerraCog version of BirdsI – Project Aerial. Problems soon arose, however, when the costs of Aerial proved to be too burdensome and uncompetitive.

GPS has made our lives so much easier. We don't have to print out directions before heading to an unknown address. GPS-enabled devices we carry with us daily allows us to travel freely without worrying about getting lost. There are also a number of GPS devices to help us keep track of our children. It's a dangerous world out there, and at any moment, we might need to know where our children are located.