Police using drones to read your license plates, warns EFF

Source: malwarebytes.com 9/24/25 Police are using drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), according to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). And where there is a market, a provider will jump in. Or was it the other way around this time? Flock Safety, for example, recently told a group of potential law enforcement customers interested in Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs that its drone can be used as a flying license plate reader camera as well. An ALPR system is an intelligent surveillance system that automatically identifies…

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NE: LB693 would create new offenses, including “unmanned aircraft harassment by a registered sex offender”

[nebfacts.blogspot.com] It remains to be seen if this bill will get off the ground. The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on LB693, introduced by Bellevue Sen. Carol Blood, which would regulate the use of unmanned aircraft (drones) in the state. Much of the bill’s language prohibits the use of drones to trespass or spy on another person. Read more  

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