Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 29 2019, @07:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the Alarum!-Alarum! dept.

'We're Not Being Paranoid': U.S. Warns Of Spy Dangers Of Chinese-Made Drones

Drones have become an increasingly popular tool for industry and government. Electric utilities use them to inspect transmission lines. Oil companies fly them over pipelines. The Interior Department even deployed them to track lava flows at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.

But the Department of Homeland Security is warning that drones manufactured by Chinese companies could pose security risks, including that the data they gather could be stolen.

The department sent out an alert on the subject on May 20, and a video on its website notes that drones in general pose multiple threats, including "their potential use for terrorism, mass casualty incidents, interference with air traffic, as well as corporate espionage and invasions of privacy." "We're not being paranoid," the video's narrator adds.

Related: Department of Homeland Security Terror Bulletin Warns of "Weaponized Drones"


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 30 2019, @02:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 30 2019, @02:52AM (#849170)

    "the people" what a misnomer.

    He lost the popular vote and that was WITH the massive campaign to make voters apathetic and cynical. Not to mention gerrymandering and quite likely voting machine tampering.

    Ah well, the losers want their day in the Sun and SN was founded by the marginalized folks who think Trump is some secret troll that was better than the status quo. The only thing that is better with Trump is the rapid collapse of this giant farce the US labels "democracy."

    It isn't beyond hope yet, but the trolls are sure trying to solidify the slide into irrelevance.

    Starting Score:    0  points
    Moderation   -1  
       Offtopic=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Offtopic' Modifier   0  

    Total Score:   -1