Tag Archives: Spying

Why a balloon is better than a drone for spying

“Balloons offer a few advantages over the use of satellites or drones,” James Rogers, an academic at Cornell and the University of Southern Denmark, who advises the UN Security Council on the transnational threat of drones, said in an email. “Not only are they cheaper than launching satellites into space, …

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Police Using Drones From Chinese Firm Suspected of Spying

A Chinese drone manufacturing firm suspected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of spying on government and private industry sites in America has supplied drones to 43 law enforcement agencies in 22 states for use in surveillance during the pandemic. The Department of the Interior was so concerned with …

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