“The use of surveillance drones is growing rapidly in the United States, but we know little about how the federal government employs this new technology. Now, new information obtained by the ACLU shows for the first time that the U.S. Marshals Service has experimented with using drones for domestic surveillance. We learned this through documents… Continue Reading
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EPIC – DHS Working Group to Consider Privacy Impact of Drones
“The Department of Homeland Security has released a previously internal memo regarding the establishment of a working group to “Safeguard Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in the Department’s Use and Support of Unmanned Aerial Systems” (drones). The memo states, “[t]he overarching goal of the working group is to determine what policies and procedures are… Continue Reading
Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues
Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues. Alissa M. Dolan, Legislative Attorney – Richard M. Thompson II, Legislative Attorney, January 30, 2013 “Under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, P.L. 112-95, Congress has tasked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), sometimes referred to as unmanned aerial… Continue Reading
The Civilian Impact of Drones: Unexamined Costs, Unanswered Questions
“This joint report from the Center for Civilians in Conflict and Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Clinic is the first systematic study of the US governments covert drone program and its impact on civilian populations. Its objective is to critically assess US government procedures and standards for ensuring civilian protection and responding to civilian harm… Continue Reading
Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and
CRS – Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses. Richard M. Thompson II, Legislative Attorney, September 6, 2012 “The prospect of drone use inside the United States raises far-reaching issues concerning the extent of government surveillance authority, the value of privacy in the digital age, and the role of Congress in… Continue Reading
EPIC – Petition Requests FAA to Conduct a Rulemaking on Drones and Privacy
“Petition Requests FAA to Conduct a Rulemaking on Drones and Privacy EPIC, joined by more than 100 organizations, experts, and members of the public, has sent a petition to the Federal Aviation Administration, urging the agency to address the privacy threats associated with the increased use of drones in the United States. Congress recently passed… Continue Reading
CDT – Congress Demands Drones Over America
News release: “Congress is demanding drones in the air over the United States without considering the civil liberties issues. Within the span of three days last week, the House and then the Senate passed a law H.R. 658 requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to speed up, within 90 days, its current… Continue Reading
"Nano hummingbird" like drones under development with Pentagon funding
News release: AeroVironment Develops Worlds First Fully Operational Life-Size Hummingbird-Like Unmanned Aircraft for DARPA Nano Hummingbird [see accompanying video] – “AeroVironment (AV) is developing the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) under a DARPA sponsored research contract to develop a new class of air vehicle systems capable of indoor and outdoor operation. Employing biological mimicry at an… Continue Reading
What Can Go Wrong When Police Use AI to Write Reports?
EFF: “Axon—the makers of widely-used police body cameras and tasers (and that also keeps trying to arm drones)—has a new product: AI that will write police reports for officers. Draft One is a generative large language model machine learning system that reportedly takes audio from body-worn cameras and converts it into a narrative police report… Continue Reading
Insurers Are Spying on Your Home From the Sky
WS via MSN: “Cindy Picos was dropped by her home insurer last month. The reason: aerial photos of her roof, which her insurer refused to let her see. “I thought they had the wrong house,” said Picos, who lives in northern California. “Our roof is in fine shape.” Her insurer said its images showed her… Continue Reading
Is AI Friend or Foe: Legal Implications of Rapid Artificial Intelligence Adoption
Conklin, Michael, Is AI Friend or Foe: Legal Implications of Rapid Artificial Intelligence Adoption (April 25, 2023). Michael Conklin, Is AI Friend or Foe: Legal Implications of Rapid Artificial Intelligence Adoption, 26 ATLANTIC L.J. ___ (forthcoming 2023). , Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4429539 “The term “artificial intelligence” (hereinafter “AI”) was coined in the 1950s and has… Continue Reading
EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surveillance Hub
“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today unveiled its new Street Level Surveillance hub, a standalone website featuring expanded and updated content on various technologies that law enforcement agencies commonly use to invade Americans’ privacy. The hub has new or updated pages on automated license plate readers, biometric surveillance, body-worn cameras, camera networks, cell-site simulators, drones… Continue Reading
