# I was Wrong About the GPS, but ... **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-about-the-gps-but/610402 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [January 23, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-about-the-gps-but/610402 "2012-01-23T15:59:33Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 99
### Author: ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker) #### Post date: [January 26, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-about-the-gps-but/610402/99 "2012-01-26T01:43:00Z")
> [@David42](#): > > Well I can’t find the reference I thought was in the parent thread. > > I did find Bricker’s promise to pay $200 to my fave charity if he was wrong–which he was–but before I decide my fave charity I’m curious as to what Bricker’s MOST HATED charity is, ha ha ha. Before you decide? This was your response, wasn’t it? > [@Oh, good! A New Constitutional Theory of Privacy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-a-new-constitutional-theory-of-privacy/549942/281): > > Let me correct that to _Garcia_ ignores relevant portions of _Katz_. There is no discussion of the idea that some actions in public show there is an expectation of privacy. > > I think it would be illegal gambling to take you up on your offer. If we hadn’t waived the fourth amendment by talking about it in public, perhaps I’d have taken you up on it. > > So far as I know, predicting the future is not a part of valid legal analysis. > > In my opinion, since the supreme court has specifically left open the question for this type of activity, there is a presumption that they do not like it. When it was raised before, they could have said it has no merit instead, closing the door instead of the invitation. > > There is A LOT you’re not considering. Did I forget something? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-about-the-gps-but/610402)._