I didn't say that it wouldn't, I said that legalizing drugs would do more to stop crime than tracking drug dealers. This technology will mainly be used to track drug dealers, the issues are directly related.

Like I said at the end of my last post, this is another method for giving the government more power. The government already has too much power in this country and misuses it. I don't think they should be given any more power until they show that they can use the power that they have properly. We are already on a slippery slope and have been for about 50 years(at least). What this comes down to is whether you think that the government needs more power to fight crime or if you think(as I do) that the government has misused the power it already has and is responsible for creating much of the crime in this country.

If this was all regulated with warrants as you suggested it wouldn't be such a big deal but in the article it states that they want to be able to do this without a warrant. The government has done many things in recent years to attempt to get more power in unrestricted ways. Like I said if you think that the government needs more power this might not seem so bad, but I disagree and I think many other people in this country do as well.