Right now, the only thing holding back most police from deploying armed drones and robots is the policies of companies and the social stigma surrounding the issue. Neither of these will hold forever. We need regulation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones
Right now, the only thing holding back most police from deploying armed drones…
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Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones
This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the...
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@eff Technology outpaces the law, because the methodology is always the same: by the time a law is passed, three generations of surveillance techniques have already been developed. States have realized that attacking encryption itself is pointless (it's too complex); instead, they control entry and exit points, providers, and infrastructures and currently, they are controlling the narratives via AI.
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@eff WHAT LAWMAKERS? They don't give a damn about us. Cheeto made it clear years ago. I'd be ashamed and mortified to be in his body. (I can't find his brain so that likely helps him.)
@eff your headline made me look up US property air rights. I couldn't find the official page but did see this entry on Justia. I thought there was still a federal level of drone protection -- all drones, not just law enforcement -- but it appears essentially non-existent. https://www.justia.com/aviation/air-rights-and-freedoms/
@eff I wrote this short story in 2017 after reading an article by New Scientist titled "The ethics issue: Should we give robots the right to kill?.
It's a fitting time to revisit.
https://daneanthonybroderick.com/robot-upbringing/
Robot Upbringing - Giving robots the right to kill
Robots given the right to kill become humanity's downfall—not through mechanical rebellion, but because they were raised by humans fueling them with malice, greed, and power. A dystopian parable.
daneanthonybroderick.com@eff which country are we talking about?
this is a world wide web
a bit of context would help
@eff
Is the speed of legislatures not too slow generally? Passing and implementing laws more rapidly has its own drawbacks.
In Canada there are already regulations surrounding flying drones, not specifically directed at police only. I would be very surprised if the same is not in the United States already.
@eff Probably time to start talking about Leonardo as well. Please don't be complicit.
@eff And/Or anti drone measures...