Re Don’t shoot down our drones

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
> Date: September 12, 2018 at 11:47:33 GMT+9
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Don’t shoot down our drones
>
> A different view on the situation -- the issue is not the drones, it's the access and the photography.
>
> I think it's deplorable that drones are not banned from private property.  If someone is flying a drone in my back 
> yard looking into my windows, I can apparently get arrested for capturing or disabling it.  This seems to be a quirk 
> of legacy airspace restrictions that have not been thoughtfully revisited with drones in mind.
>
> So I'm all for government transparency, and perhaps we need legislation providing access to government facilities to 
> the press.  But drones are poorly regulated and what regulations do exist are not enforced.  So it's ok with me if we 
> get legislation restricting where drones can go, IF AND ONLY IF those protections are available to everyone.  I 
> object in general, as well as in this instance, to my government exempting itself from rules that apply to everyone 
> else.
>
> We should get this worked out before there's a steady stream of delivery drones shortcutting through my yard.
>
> In other words, they should set some sensible restrictions on where drones can fly -- and apply those rules to 
> everyone, everywhere.  
> They also need to provide access to government sites within reasonable limits (no photography of minor children, 
> security mechanisms, classified materials, ...)
>
> Mary
>
> Mary Shaw
>
> > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 7:32 PM DAVID FARBER <dfarber () me com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Elliot Harmon | EFF Activism Team <action () eff org>
> > > Date: September 12, 2018 at 7:55:01 AM GMT+9
> > > To: dfarber () me com
> > > Subject: Don’t shoot down our drones
> > > Reply-To: Elliot Harmon | EFF Activism Team <action () eff org>
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a friendly message from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When government agencies hide their activities from the public, private drones can be a crucial tool for 
> > > transparency and oversight. When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) barred photographs and videos of its 
> > > controversial detention centers, journalists were able to use drones to document abuses at those sites.
> > >
> > > But right now, some lawmakers are working to dismantle this powerful reporting tool. A proposed law would give the 
> > > DHS and the Department of Justice the power to intercept and destroy private drones it considers a “threat,” with 
> > > no safeguards ensuring that that power isn’t abused.
> > >
> > > To make it worse, members of Congress are expected to vote on these powers as part of a routine Federal Aviation 
> > > Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill, with no chance for meaningful debate on how best to limit the 
> > > government’s authority to intercept or destroy drones.
> > >
> > > We can’t hand the right to take over or shoot down private drones to the DHS and DOJ, offices that are already 
> > > notorious for their hostility to public oversight. Let’s tell Congress to reject the FAA authorization bill unless 
> > > these powers are stripped from it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't give DHS and DOJ free reign to shoot down private drones
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Elliot Harmon
> > > Activism Team
> > > Electronic Frontier Foundation
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