Tag Archives: Signals intelligence

NSA collects all phone calls in a foreign country

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency has been recording all of a foreign country's phone calls, then listening to the conversations up to a month later, The Washington Post reported Tuesday...

Journalist sues police who questioned drone use

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A journalist filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Hartford police officers violated his free-speech rights by questioning his use of a remote-controlled airplane to record...

This Lawyer Says Beer-Delivery Drone Should Be Free To Fly

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A Minnesota beer company had two ideas: one good and one brilliant. The good idea was to deliver beer to ice-fishers by drone; an ice-shack dweller would call in his or her GPS coordinates to which...

Drone On

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By Glen Martin Jeff Bezos’ recent demonstration of a drone aircraft simulating delivery of an Amazon parcel was more stunt than technological breakthrough. We aren’t there yet. Yes, such things may...

Warrantless Arrest by Predator Drone Sends North Dakota Man to Jail

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What do you say to a drone that makes an arrest? “Book him, Predator?” This was no joke for a North Dakota farmer who has the dubious honor of being the first American sentenced to prison with the...

NSA Reform: What President Obama Said, And What He Didn’t

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President Obama gave a speech this morning outlining changes to be implemented in the NSA phone record surveillance program. The reforms are a result of an in-depth investigation into NSA...
    






Privacy advocate exposes NSA spy gear at gathering

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Infected iPhones, radar wave devices, and more: Activist pulls curtain back on NSA spy gear LONDON (AP) — A well-known privacy advocate has given the public an unusually explicit peek...
    






Your Very Own Drone-Watching Guide

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What’s that strange bird flying overhead? Why, it’s a gray-breasted Dronus Predatorus, and it must be hungry, because it looks like it’s searching for prey. I know this thanks to my handy Drone...
    






Feds announce test sites for drone aircraft

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Feds announce drone testing sites in Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas, Virginia LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that...
    






U.S. Navy demos drones that can launch from submarines

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Drones are the future of military warefare and espionage. Just this week, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory demonstrated its latest unmanned aerial system (UAS) called the XFC UAS (eXperimental Fuel...