June 2006 - cypherpunks-legacy

Los Angeles Sheriff's UAV Runs Headfirst Into the FAA
by Eugen Leitl 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

http://lemonodor.com/archives/001405.html The Los Angeles Sheriff's Dept. has been working for several years with a defense contractor, Ocatron, to develop a specialized UAV for police work. Last week they gave reporters a demo. The stealth quality of the SkySeer is a big advantage, according to police. b The plane is virtually silent and invisible,b said Heal. b It will give us a vertical perspective that we have never had.b The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department operates a fleet of 18 helicopters, priced between three and five million dollars each. The SkySeer will cost between 25,000 and 30,000 dollars. b We never have enough helicopters,b said Heal. The police helicopters are in near-constant use, and the SkySeer would alleviate some of this pressure. Unmanned surveillance crafts may become the norm in urban policing, says Heal. I think he's completely correct and UAVs will probably become standard, even ubiquitous pieces of equipment for police. Especially as the industry picks up and prices fall way below the $20-30K estimate for the SkySeer. The only possible obstacle seems to be a regulatory one, and I don't mean any kind of protection of privacy. It turns out that the FAA is upset with the Sheriff's dept. for not getting clearance for the flight, even though it was just a demonstration for reporters. b I wouldn't want to term us as peeved, but we were definitely surprised,b FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said. Sheriff's officials were told "that we were more than willing to sit down and talk about a certificate b but that was before their first flight.b The FAA is now investigating Friday's demonstration to determine whether the Sheriff's Department should face disciplinary action. b A private citizen can go to the store and buy one of those model airplanes and fly them around. But because we're doing it as a public service, we have to deal with the FAA?b said Sheriff's Cmdr. Sid Heal. Once they b take a deep breath and realize there was no malice intended, it will get back on track.b >From what I understand, it's true that if a hobbyist flies a drone (and lots of people are already flying homebrew drones) below 500', the FAA generally doesn't care. But the hobbyists have their own regulatory worriesbthe Academy of Model Aeronautics has its own rules for members, and they're very worried about the FAA's reaction to widespread hobbyist UAVs. Therefore the AMA prohibits models with autonomous navigation, and requires operators of remotely piloted vehicles to b maintain un-enhanced visual contact with the aircraft throughout the entire flight.b >From an article about a possible new FAA classification scheme for UAVs: The new classifications would also include a category being referred to as b lightly restrictedb to cover aircraft currently restricted to flight within visual sight as the primary basis of risk mitigation. This category includes radio-controlled model aircraft, particularly model helicopters adapted for commercial use in aerial photography; small blimps used for advertising; and agricultural UAVs. The b lightly restrictedb classification represents systems that b are giving us a good deal of problems right now and we are really wrestling, on a daily basis, with this particular groupb, says Steve Swartz, from the FAAbs recently established unmanned aircraft programme office. I think even the regulatory issues involved in the integration of autonomous vehicles into our society are completely fascinating. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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26 Jun '06

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26 Jun '06

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[Clips] Iraq soldiers' phones hacked
by R.A. Hettinga 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:53:42 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Iraq soldiers' phones hacked Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/print/0,20285,19585039-5001027,00.html> The Daily Telegraph Iraq soldiers' phones hacked June 26, 2006 MOBILE phone calls home made by British soldiers in Iraq may have been intercepted by insurgents, it was reported yesterday. Soldiers have been warned of the danger of insurgents using electronic equipment to intercept their calls and obtain the numbers of their family in the UK. The Ministry of Defence confirmed there was concern over reports of "nuisance calls" to servicemen's families. It played down suggestions that the calls had included death threats. A Territorial Army document warned that insurgents in southern Iraq had managed to obtain the home telephone numbers of British soldiers using electronic intercept devices. It said there had been "many instances in the last weeks of relatives and friends of personnel serving abroad on operations getting nuisance phone calls". The newspaper report suggested that the calls had included claims that a father or son serving in Iraq is dead or will soon be killed, as well as verbal abuse or silence. The Ministry of Defence said: "There have been reports of nuisance calls to the families of service personnel. To our knowledge, nuisance calls have been just that - nuisance calls. "We are not currently aware of any reports of anything more sinister." -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[dave@farber.net: [IP] Greek cellular wiretapping scandal]
by Eugen Leitl 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

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