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Chinese Company Suspected of Spying on U.S. Citizens Donates Police Drones to 22 States
National Review ^ | 20 April 20 | Zachary Evans

Posted on 04/26/2020 8:58:59 AM PDT by Bruiser 10

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To: Bruiser 10

Dr. even discusses/alludes to China’s huge advantage in drone technology. (We do have a very large droneport right outside Vegas)

https://www.fastcompany.com/3054550/worlds-first-droneport-under-construction-near-las-vegas

Thousands of weaponized drones would be problematic.


21 posted on 04/26/2020 9:35:46 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Bruiser 10

Anyone seen a list of locales using these damn things...


22 posted on 04/26/2020 9:38:30 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Bruiser 10

Imagine how many ,Ives could have been saved if someone had run over Hitler with a beer truck.


23 posted on 04/26/2020 9:40:19 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Bruiser 10

“suspected of spying”? It’s built into the software of these things. While you fly, the thing is connected to the internet. A few years ago someone suspected something, and plugged in a USB sniffer only to find imagery being sent out to a particular URL...in China. The military soon after stopped contractors from using the things on military contract projects. Also, the military stopped their own people from using them.

Shoulda figured that when the Chinese started doing the “geo fence” thing with the drone software, that it wasn’t much of a stretch for them to be looking at another element of geo location flying...ie tracking for interesting places you might be flying.


24 posted on 04/26/2020 9:40:33 AM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: Bruiser 10
Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage is enabling Chinese cartographers for a really bad reason...spying on citizens. There is no written law about social distancing. If your State government if infringing on your rights regardless of why....and bring in dangerous spy gizmos provided by even more proven dangerous companies like (Huawei)

(Huawei)

(Huawei)

(Huawei)

Stop this mayor from spying on the citizens of Elizabeth..that is tyranny.

25 posted on 04/26/2020 9:41:12 AM PDT by yoe (Want to HELP the Slave Trade and Drug Cartels in USA? Vote for a democrat........)
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To: Bruiser 10
"I had one of those I bought in 1969 when I was at Fort Benning to hunt deer.

3” shells with #4’s should do the trick.

Plan ahead.
Drones have onboard gps so down it over the mayor's or chief of police's house..

26 posted on 04/26/2020 9:43:10 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: Bruiser 10
"Chinese Company Suspected of Spying on U.S. Citizens Donates Police Drones to 22 States"

We're living in a science fiction movie.
27 posted on 04/26/2020 9:44:39 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Bruiser 10

Build anti drone...drones.


28 posted on 04/26/2020 9:47:24 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: LouAvul

I think the Chinese are stupid to be doing this, but they may be smarter than us.


29 posted on 04/26/2020 9:54:31 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Bruiser 10

While most of us are rightly concerned concerned about privacy concerns regarding law enforcement’s use of drones to spy on American’s activities, ask yourself why would the Chicoms donate these drones to police departments? What are the consequences? By their actions China is sowing more divisions between citizens and their government with the added intent to subvert the Trump administration that is costing China billions.


30 posted on 04/26/2020 9:57:45 AM PDT by vigilence (Vigilence)
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“If these drones save one life, it is clearly worth the activity and the information that the drones are sending,” Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage told MSNBC.

OK, by that standard, let's just shut down the power plants, shut down the oil refineries, shut down the factories, shut down the mines, shutdown everything. It will save a lot of lives--until people begin starving and freezing.

She is LIVING PROOF that women should NOT be in charge of cities, states, or countries. Women are too risk-averse.

31 posted on 04/26/2020 9:59:52 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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“ Do these mayors and police chiefs know that these drones send all the data to China?”

What is the difference between any of them?

Communists all.

32 posted on 04/26/2020 10:01:19 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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“If these drones save one life, it is clearly worth the activity and the information that the drones are sending,” Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage told MSNBC.

OK, by that standard, let's just shut down the power plants, shut down the oil refineries, shut down the factories, shut down the mines, shutdown everything. It will save a lot of lives--until people begin starving and freezing.

UPDATE: I mis-read it, but it doesn't matter. The statement stands.

33 posted on 04/26/2020 10:02:34 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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“If these drones save one life, it is clearly worth the activity and the information that the drones are sending,” Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage told MSNBC.

OK, by that standard, let's just shut down the power plants, shut down the oil refineries, shut down the factories, shut down the mines, shutdown everything. It will save a lot of lives--until people begin starving and freezing.

UPDATE: I mis-read it, but it doesn't matter. The statement stands.

34 posted on 04/26/2020 10:02:38 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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To: Bruiser 10

Oh, brother. I was waiting for the “If you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide, citizen. Now let us go through your pockets” comment. Fascism with a smiling face, at least until the smiles become too much work.


35 posted on 04/26/2020 10:07:44 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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“Police in Elizabeth, N.J. ... are using the drones to surveil residents in ... back yards”

O...’rly.

Law enforcement flying a drone over my back yard would find themselves in court, post-haste.


36 posted on 04/26/2020 10:18:55 AM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

Build anti drone...drones.>>> Sling shot $20 USD


37 posted on 04/26/2020 10:28:13 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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To: Bruiser 10

“Save just 1 life” phrase used by tyrants the world over.


38 posted on 04/26/2020 10:31:32 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Pretty sure that's not a "she".

39 posted on 04/26/2020 10:47:01 AM PDT by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: Campion

Acts like a “she”. Risk-averse.


40 posted on 04/26/2020 11:09:51 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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