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Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach (www.wired.com)

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Federal records show CBP is moving from testing small drones to making them standard surveillance tools, expanding a network that can follow activity in real time and extend well beyond the border.

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Small drones are the exact wrong platform to actually monitor the border. But they'll be useful for gestapo operations.

[–] AmbientDread@midwest.social 1 points 17 hours ago

For example a small drone, see post thumbnail