Global positioning devices? Too far?

In a reflective thought in the text book, there is a topic that asks you, "Is it fair business practice to allow global tracking devices on everyday devices such as cars and cell phones?" The argument is split here. The pro side would support sacrificing privacy for an increase in national security. The feeling of being more safe, to put it more simply. I say, absolutly not. The use to global positioning has been efficiently and effectively used during times of war by the Navy, National Gaurd, and is currently being used to track the President of the United States. All of those things hold extreme importance in which global positioning is used legitimatly. Compare that to using global tracking on cell phones to monitor fast food consumption or car mileage. There is a huge difference between the two.

Maybe someone has only a 20 minute lunch break, and McDonalds is all they have time for. Maybe a parent needs to drop off and pick up their kid from school everyday, has a long drive to and from work, or needs to travel far for Christmas with the inlaws. Using global tracking to monitor peoples actions that are irrelevant to government use is unacceptable. One could understand if an individual has a history of violent crimes, on a terror watch list, or even a detainee at Guantanamo Bay. But to label someone for driving too far than their insurance requires or eating too much fast food is a violation of human rights. You're talking about actions that every American does. If one should be caught and punished, we all should. If a legal tracking system would someday be put to use on devices such as cell phones, cars, and computers, then there would need to be a court-ordered warrent for these devices to be put into effect. Anything else would be a violation of the fourth amendment.

The fourt amendment states, and I quote, "searches be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause." What qualifies as probable cause, someone would ask? Well, overmileage on my Ford Explorer is probably the last thing to worry someone else's mind. To finish my argument, your car, your laptop, even your car is your personal property. Legally, no one has a right to your personal stuff without a court order or your permission, regardless of the device. Granted there are exceptions, that would include suspicion. Anything else, and it would be like placing a camera in your living room with 24-hour surviellance. I am no privacy expert, but the practice of global positioning devices in personal belongings is in many ways, against law. It is a practice that should not be practiced among everyday, innocent Americans.