California cops barred from warrantless GPS, cellphone tracking

California?s state legislature has just passed a law requiring police?to obtain a proper warrant before using tracking technologies such as GPS to gather information on suspects, Ars Technica?reports. The legislation, which was co-sponsored by both the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, now heads to Governor Jerry Brown?s desk for a signature, although Ars?notes that Brown ?vetoed California?s last attempt at enforcing stricter privacy rules in 2011, when he killed a bill that would have prevented police from searching the phones of apprehended suspects without a warrant.?

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Prior to joining BGR as News Editor, Brad Reed spent five years covering the wireless industry for Network World. His first smartphone was a BlackBerry but he has since become a loyal Android user.

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