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Post by avordvet on Mar 25, 2015 4:16:06 GMT -5
Unchecked government drones? Not over my backyardMarch 24, 2015, 02:00 pm, By Neema Singh Guliani On last Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration gave Amazon the green light to begin testing drones While you aren’t likely to be getting your Amazon order delivered by drone anytime soon, as the approval is limited to research and testing, the fact remains that this technology is already part of our lives. Drones are already helping the federal government observe and track us in new and often troubling ways, without our knowledge or consent. President Obama issued a presidential memorandum in February offering some limits on how the government uses this technology. The memo requires all federal agencies to publicly account for how they use drones, implements limited privacy and civil liberties protections, and begins a process to develop privacy standards for private drone use. It’s a start, but much more needs to be done to protect our privacy rights. thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/236701-unchecked-government-drones-not-over-my-backyard
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