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Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy

The Verge

With that kind of language, you might think Wing is arguing that drones shouldn’t broadcast their location, yes? Amusingly, no: the Alphabet subsidiary just wishes they’d send it through the internet instead of broadcasting it locally. They should not accept it in the sky,” Wing argues.

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In 2023, you won’t be able to fly most drones in the US without broadcasting your location

The Verge

If you intend to fly a drone in the US, you’re going to want to pay attention: the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just issued the single biggest set of changes to US drone law since the agency first took an interest in the technology. What does “broadcast” mean? The FAA is casting it as a digital license plate.

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Facebook blocks livestream of an ill French man who wanted to broadcast his death

The Verge

Facebook has blocked the live stream of a man in France suffering from an incurable ailment who planned to broadcast his death, Agence France-Press reported. He has used his condition to try to bring about changes to France’s right-to-die law, and announced he would live-stream his death on Facebook. “Our

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Russian ‘fake news’ law could give offenders 15 years in prison

The Verge

Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed a law punishing “fake news” with up to 15 years in prison, according to Reuters. Putin signed an earlier “fake news” law in 2019 that includes fines and jail time for disrespecting the Russian government, but the penalty was a far lighter 15 days.

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Bluetooth snooping tech lets Texas cops monitor devices at borders

TechSpot

It enables law enforcement to essentially detect any Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals in the area and log the unique identifiers broadcast by those devices, according to publicly available contract data uncovered by the news outlet NOTUS. The technology, called TraffiCatch, comes from a German company called Jenoptik. By combining that.

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FTC says Broadcom violated antitrust law with TV set-top box deals

The Verge

While we disagree that our actions violated the law and disagree with the FTC’s characterizations of our business, we look forward to putting this matter behind us and continuing to focus on supporting our customers through an environment of accelerated digital transformation.”.

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Broadcasters secure a win in their fight against scrappy TV streamer Locast

The Verge

ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox have secured a victory in their legal fight against Locast, a nonprofit that re-streams their local broadcast stations at little to no cost, much to the consternation of those networks. Essentially, users can use Locast to bypass traditional means of accessing broadcast networks on the super cheap.