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GPS devices help find items lost in taxi cabs

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Not -- are taking liberties segment for anybody's ever left the luggage -- -- that maybe the iPhone behind in a taxi perhaps.

They can be a lifesaver GPS devices that help track down your device or your article -- your belongings.

Some however -- not happy about all this and Douglas Kennedy has more newsroom.

And are taking their but he series -- to find out Douglas yet GPS bill is also great if you want to locate where -- going.

But what if the government wanted to use your GPS to locate you.

Every minute of every day.

Just because Andrei -- -- these people are following him doesn't mean he's paranoid.

They're not only monitoring you they're tracking your every move -- Yeah that's terrible -- all -- has been driving a cab in New York City since 1988.

You came into the US from Poland and you were told we value freedom in America yes and I kind of -- This is not freedom well.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Meaning -- during communism for years the taxi and limousine commission have required all cabbies here to install something like this.

It's a global positioning system that monitors there -- movements every second.

While -- at work.

Other industries like trucking transit and telecommunications.

Also use GPS to track workers.

-- attorney Dan Ackerman has now suing the TLC.

For violating the -- right to privacy.

The Supreme Court has recently decided to this -- can't put a device in your card used to rally around not so fast says this city which says taxi drivers need to be constantly watched.

-- attacked the public.

And this search and seizure expert agrees.

We ought to be able to monitor.

How fast they're going what routes they're taking it will increase safety will be less accidents -- TLC says monitoring taxis will enhance public safety.

What do you think -- that -- is that he used public safety a GPS device to your cart has stopped right people crashing the car.

He says first they're gonna monitor cab drivers Denny predicts they're gonna come after everyone else.

That's it from here bill back to you know they'll put it my card dug us battle -- but not for a mile or put.

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