{"id":7928,"date":"2012-11-04T14:49:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T14:49:25","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=7928","title":{"rendered":"The Hill: &#8220;Police drones prompt privacy concerns&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hill: <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/265693-police-drone-use-prompts-privacy-concerns\">Police drones prompt privacy concerns<\/a> by Brendan Sasso:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Drones are well-known for their ability to hunt down suspected terrorists abroad, but they have also increasingly become a popular tool of police departments around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Drones are cheaper to build and fly than helicopters, making them a cost-effective option for police departments looking to gain a bird&#8217;s eye view of a scene. But privacy groups are sounding alarm that there aren&#8217;t enough legal safeguards in place to prevent drones from being used for mass surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The privacy groups are pushing Congress to pass a law that would set nationwide restrictions on how police can use drones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=7928\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}