Thursday afternoon, the Secret Service detained a man who allegedly tried to launch a Parrot Bebop Drone over the White House fence. This marks the second time in four months there has been a drone-related incident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Back in January, Shawn Usman of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency lost control of his DJI Phantom FC-40 and it crashed on the … [Read more...] about Man Detained for Trying to Fly a Drone at the White House
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Man Who Crashed Drone on White House Lawn Won’t Be Charged
(Source: Slate.com) Shawn Usman, the man who crashed a drone on the White House grounds on Jan. 26, will not be criminally charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, federal prosecutors said today. The 31-year-old Usman lost control of a Phantom FC40 drone owned by a friend early that morning, and telephoned his employers and the Secret Service … [Read more...] about Man Who Crashed Drone on White House Lawn Won’t Be Charged
Secret Service Testing Drones, How to Disrupt Their Flying
(Source: The BIG Story) The Secret Service is conducting middle-of-the-night drone flights near the White House in secret tests to devise a defense against the unmanned aircraft, The Associated Press has learned. The government-controlled drones will be flown between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. during the next several weeks over parts of Washington —airspace that's usually off … [Read more...] about Secret Service Testing Drones, How to Disrupt Their Flying
U.S. Government Hustles to Enact Privacy Rules for Drones
(Source: PC World) The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration plans to host a series of meetings with interested people aimed at developing best practices for protecting privacy in the burgeoning aerial drone industry. The NTIA will launch what it calls a “multistakeholder process” focused on drone privacy standards in the coming months, the … [Read more...] about U.S. Government Hustles to Enact Privacy Rules for Drones
What Our Paranoia About Drones Says About Us
(Source: New York Times) A lazy drift of mist obscured an already gray November morning as I stared skeptically skyward in Morningside Park. It was not, I told myself, technically raining; still, moisture had begun to collect in the folds of my jacket as I surveyed the weather conditions. Driven more by impatience than by prudence, I decided to go ahead with the plan. … [Read more...] about What Our Paranoia About Drones Says About Us
