GPS-gate

[Telarus]

Informed Consent? We don't need no fucking informed consent.

http://idle.slashdot.org/story/11/02/01/1444210/US-Authorities-GPS-Tagging-Duped-Indian-Students

tanveer1979 writes

"Indian students duped by Tri-Valley University in California have been fitted with GPS devices by US immigration authorities. Scores of Indian students were caught in a scam where the university violated immigration norms and illegally got the students F1 visa and immigration status. To keep a track on the movements of the students, the authorities have fitted them with GPS devices. This is spiraling into a major diplomatic row between India and the USA, with the former calling the practice inhuman and unwanted."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpmUM4cEcaU

[Requia ☣]

Would people have preferred if they sat in a cell for 6 weeks? 

[The Johnny]

I would prefer if they were executed on the spot. 

[Luna]

Article is worded badly.  The students were scammed in that their paperwork was illegal, they were aware they were radio tagged.  Those clunky ankle bracelets aren't something you can exactly sneak on.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/tri-valley-university-blames-indian-origin-staffer-for-immigration-fraud/articleshow/7403972.cms

The university is blaming two student staffers for scamming the students.  A radio tag seems a lot more humane than just rounding 'em all up and tossing them on the next jet home.  The university has shut down, apparently, meaning this scam has cost a LOT of students a lot of trouble.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Tri-valley-defiant-students-despair/Article1-657810.aspx

[Telarus]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In-Americas-Wilderness

An anonymous reader writes

"Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units (and, to some degree, their cellphones) to always be accurate. The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan: 'It's what I'm beginning to call death by GPS ... People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere.'"

[Eater of Clowns]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In-Americas-Wilderness

An anonymous reader writes

"Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units (and, to some degree, their cellphones) to always be accurate. The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan: 'It's what I'm beginning to call death by GPS ... People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere.'"

Huh.  Maybe we've been giving the robots too little credit by expecting an armed uprising.

[Cain]

Maybe the uprising already happened, and their armies got lost on the way?

[Icey]

I'll bet none of my fucking tax dollars were wasted in gratuitous fashion on each of those goddamned trackers.

[Dean]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In-Americas-Wilderness

An anonymous reader writes

"Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units (and, to some degree, their cellphones) to always be accurate. The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan: 'It's what I'm beginning to call death by GPS ... People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere.'"

Huh.  Maybe we've been giving the robots too little credit by expecting an armed uprising.

No, we give them too little credit. They are reducing the human population by a few people per year by getting them lost in the desert. One day you will want to drive from NYC to Boston and you'll see a detour through the mojave desert, and then you will know fear 

[Don Coyote]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/02/03/1910245/Death-By-GPS-Increasing-In-Americas-Wilderness

An anonymous reader writes

"Every year, more and more Americans are dying in deserts and wildernesses because they rely on their GPS units (and, to some degree, their cellphones) to always be accurate. The Sacramento Bee quotes Death Valley wilderness coordinator Charlie Callagan: 'It's what I'm beginning to call death by GPS ... People are renting vehicles with GPS and they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to lead them into the middle of nowhere.'"

Huh.  Maybe we've been giving the robots too little credit by expecting an armed uprising.

No, we give them too little credit. They are reducing the human population by a few people per year by getting them lost in the desert. One day you will want to drive from NYC to Boston and you'll see a detour through the mojave desert, and then you will know fear 

maybe YOU will know fear, but I grew up in the Mojave Desert.

We will feast well on the yuppies and their over-priced foods.