Drones used by police to spy on party-goers on Miami Beach

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Originally Posted by Danzig

' ...after Congress passed legislation paving the way for what the FAA predicts will be somewhere in the region of 30,000 drones in operation in US skies by 2020.

Privacy advocates have warned that the FAA has not acted to establish any safeguards whatsoever, and that lawmakers are not holding the agency to account.

what a bunch of BS!!!

That's fine, but what also about the FAA approval of local police, state, etc. flying drones? It's not even just the federal government! Your local town Barney Fyfe can have a drone.

PS: why was this approved? Follow the money, and the lobbyists, from the defense and aerospace industries darting about Capital Hill and getting this approved since 2001. Hell, we went to war in Iraq partially so Halliburton could make billions from government contracts. "Sell every police department a drone" is just more of the same - and "justified by terrorist and homeland security concerns, fellow Americans - don't worry about a thing".