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Drones used to smuggle contraband into prisions
2015 Apr 23, 8:27am 1,439 views 8 comments
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zzyzzx
2015 Apr 23, 8:27am
Nets cannot be built over every sensitive location in the United States to keep drones out. So, for now, the best way to control the problem appears to be “geofencing†software that prevents the drones from flying over a specific location.
I would think that something made to shoot down the drones would be better.
That's innovation and ingenuity. The founders must find a way to go IPO, cash out with 10 bil by dumping shares on mom and pop speculators.
Shaman
2015 Apr 23, 9:10am
Drone warfare is in its infancy. Imagine swarms of thousands the size of basketballs each equipped with small caliber pistols and operating with hive mind intelligence. Each could be simply assembled from basic electronic parts. Then they'd be controlled by whoever paid for them. Surely this is the method of the future for the wealthy elite to apply force to the proletariat.
Tenpoundbass
2015 Apr 23, 9:10am
If drones aren't banned unless you have a federal license to own and operate one, in five years. I'll be impressed.
Dan8267
2015 Apr 23, 9:17am
It was not until dawn that officers found a package that included a cellphone, tobacco and marijuana tangled in the power lines outside the prison and a small drone that had crashed in the bushes nearby. In the woods, investigators located a makeshift campground, the remote control device used to fly the drone, a bottle of grape-flavored Gatorade and drugs.
You had to place emphasis on the grape-flavored Gatorade, didn't you?
MisdemeanorRebel
2015 Apr 23, 10:39am
Smartphones are so desirable to inmates because unlike pay phones at prisons, they are not recorded or monitored. The phones also allow them to watch pornography and communicate surreptitiously with fellow prisoners.
And because Contractors charge 1980s prices for phone calls, like 50 cents a minute to call across the state. Guess who gets a cut of these highly inflated prices?
zzyzzx
2015 Apr 23, 11:08am
Guess who gets a cut of these highly inflated prices?
Whomever made the appropriate campaign contributions. Duh.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/us/drones-smuggle-contraband-over-prison-walls.html
It was not until dawn that officers found a package that included a cellphone, tobacco and marijuana tangled in the power lines outside the prison and a small drone that had crashed in the bushes nearby. In the woods, investigators located a makeshift campground, the remote control device used to fly the drone, a bottle of grape-flavored Gatorade and drugs.
In January, guards found a drone with blue and red flashing lights on the ground inside a recreational yard at a prison in Bennettsville, S.C., according to investigative reports. On that drone were 55 grams of synthetic marijuana and a cellphone charger, the reports said.
Smartphones are so desirable to inmates because unlike pay phones at prisons, they are not recorded or monitored. The phones also allow them to watch pornography and communicate surreptitiously with fellow prisoners.
The phones are essential for coordinating with smugglers using drones, because the prisoners need to know where to find the deliveries in the yard. The prisoners can then use the phones to quickly pay their suppliers.
Nets cannot be built over every sensitive location in the United States to keep drones out. So, for now, the best way to control the problem appears to be “geofencing” software that prevents the drones from flying over a specific location.
DJI, the company that manufactured the drone that crashed at the White House, announced in March that its new geofencing software would make its devices inoperable within roughly 16 miles of the White House. The company said it was working to create similar no-fly zones for “sensitive institutions and national borders.”
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