Man Facing 30 Years for Shooting Down Police Drone — “Harassing Him” on His Property
By Matt Agorist Lake County, FL — Wendell Doyle Goney, 51, a “Florida man,” is facing 30 years behind bars after he was charged this…
Drones
Flight of the Concord Drones
By Kenny Gutierrez, EFF Bridge Fellow The City Council of Concord, California, is tone deaf to community concerns regarding a proposed police Unmanned Aerial Surveillance…
Stop Military Surveillance Drones from Coming Home
By Matthew Guariglia A federal statute authorizes the Pentagon to transfer surveillance technology, among other military equipment, to state and local police. This threatens privacy,…
US Airstrikes Have Killed Up to 48,000 Civilians Since 9/11: Analysis
By Kenny Stancil Airstrikes conducted by the United States have killed between 22,000 and 48,000 civilians since September 11, 2001, according to a report published…
“Medical Drones” Deployed Over Italian Beaches Search For Feverish People
By Tyler Durden In the early days of the virus pandemic, we covered multiple stories involving drones equipped with thermal optic sensors and artificial intelligence to detect…
Police Use Drones To Listen To Protesters, Break Windows And Answer 911 Calls
By MassPrivateI Here is a collection of drone police videos that show just how far we’ve moved into the total robotic surveillance state. Police do…
School District Pilots Extracurricular Drone Club
By B.N. Frank Despite crashes, privacy invasiveness, and other complaints about drones, they seem to be getting more popular with businesses who want to use…
Dubai To Launch “Drone Box” To Reduce Police Response Time To Crimes
By Tyler Durden Police in Dubai will use quadcopter technology to reduce emergency response time anywhere in the city to help increase security. Dubai’s ruler…
Are Attack Drones the Next Global Arms Race?
By Aden Tate While drones are most certainly nothing new, how they will fight future wars is most certainly novel. Chief of these means is…
Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones
By Matthew Guariglia It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots…
More Satellites Launched for Low Earth Orbit for 5G/Internet of Things, Drones, Smart Cars, Agriculture, Asset Tracking, etc.
By B.N. Frank Cybersecurity and privacy experts have been warning for many years about risks associated with all Internet of Things (IoT), “Smart”, and wireless…
New Details Emerge Of “Highly Modified Drone” Snooping On Critical Infrastructure
By Tyler Durden The War Zone has released more information about a mysterious drone encounter in controlled airspace in Tucson, Arizona, on the night of Feb….
Kamikaze AI Drone “Hunted Down” Human Targets
By Tyler Durden A recent report by the United Nations Security Council found that a Turkish-made autonomous drone may have “hunted down and remotely engaged” enemy soldiers…
Chicago Cops Use Asset Forfeiture Funds to Buy Drones “Off the Books”
By Mike Maharrey Asset forfeiture funds help build the ever-growing national surveillance state. Civil asset forfeiture is a pernicious policy in its own right. It…