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How a lobsterman's privacy fight reached SCOTUS — and could ripple far beyond the water: 'Ain't over yet'

Frank Thompson calls GPS tracking on his lobster boat a 24/7 "ankle bracelet" after the Supreme Court declined to hear his Fourth Amendment case.

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