From theguerrillablog@gmail.com Fri Jul 6 02:34:08 2018 From: Teddy Wilson To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: [drone-list] FAA Going Slow & Questions Raised Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:34:08 +0000 Message-ID: <172289278774.3881296.4548868395591337367.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7505351862160346187==" --===============7505351862160346187== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *FAA Going Slow on Drones as Privacy Concerns Studied* The Federal Aviation Administration told Congress itb=19s further delaying the naming of six test sites for unmanned aircraft, as called for in a law passed Feb. 14, as it weighs the privacy implications of the new technology. FAA acting chief Michael Huertab=19s letter to members of the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus marked the first time the agency has said it would consider privacy issues related to commercial and other non-military drones, though those concerns have been broadly raised elsewhere. Read More... *Push for more drones in U.S. raises questions * The federal government is rushing to open America's skies to tens of thousands of drones b=14 pushed to do so by a law championed by manufacturers of the unmanned aircraft. Yet questions remain about their potential to invade privacy and about their reliability, as two incidents on the U.S.-Mexico border demonstrate. The drone makers have sought congressional help to speed their entry into a domestic market valued in billions of dollars. The 60-member House of Representatives' b drone caucusb b=14 including the co-chairman, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo b=14 has helped push that agenda. Over the past four years, caucus members have drawn nearly $8 million in drone-related campaign contributions, an investigation by Hearst Newspapers and the Center for Responsive Politics shows. Read More... --=20 Teddy Wilson Covering the Industrial Complex Blog: Guerrilla Blog Twitter: @guerrilla_blog _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click abov= e) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator = in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============7505351862160346187==--