Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether the state should become the first in the country to allow police to use drones outfitted with deadly weapons, a proposal immediately met with concern by civil rights and liberties advocates.
The bill would ban the use of weaponized drones, but exempt police. Details on how law enforcement could use drones with weapons would be spelled out in new rules to be developed by the state Police Officer Standards and Training Council. Officers also would have to receive training before being allowed to use drones with weapons.
[...] North Dakota is the only state that allows police to use weaponized drones, but limits the use to "less lethal" weapons, including stun guns, rubber bullets and tear gas.
Five states - Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont and Wisconsin - prohibit anyone from using a weaponized drone, while Maine and Virginia ban police from using armed drones, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Several other states have restricted drone use in general.
Source: Associated Press via Fox5NY.com
(Score: 3, Insightful) by kaszz on Monday April 03 2017, @04:12PM (3 children)
We all know the security of these Internet-of-Things (-of-death) will be very secure and not have any p0wn1ng.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday April 03 2017, @06:47PM (2 children)
Sadly, it will take the mass casualties of the first hack from Daesh or North Korea to make people realize it's a terrible idea, at which point proper lobbying will already be in place to prevent walking back to sanity.
Last time I checked, Terminator wasn't anymore a manual than 1984...
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 03 2017, @07:13PM
Terminator style robotics can already be designed. The question is just when it will be abused for the first time.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday April 03 2017, @09:45PM
When Iran captured a drone, no one was harmed. Then again, it was a surveillance vehicle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incident [wikipedia.org]