A cell phone user has no "reasonable" expectation of privacy that the device’s built-in global positioning technology will not be used by police to locate the phone, a trial judge has ruled in a case he distinguished from a recent Court of Appeals decision.
Monroe County Court Judge John DeMarco (See Profile) said communications technology and the sophistication of consumers have both progressed to the point where people understand that their cell phones can accurately be tracked by satellite without their knowledge.
