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Pryderi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-11 09:33 PM
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Is Rupert Murdoch hacking your life?
the debt ceiling debate has helped hide Murdoch from scrutiny

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=94644&tsp=1
Drones — the autopiloted planes that the Obama administration is using to take out Al Qaeda leadership — aren't just for the military anymore.

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Use of a drone for commercial purposes appears to be against the law. But News Corp. publication The Daily operates a news-gathering drone aircraft. Google also operates a drone, apparently to help make its maps. Hobby use, needless waste of energy and potential violation of privacy that it is, is permitted.

But here's where it gets really creepy: Drones can hack cell phones and wi-fi networks.

The FAA — whose staff is currently working without pay — has opened an investigation into Murdoch's drone. I wonder how that's going


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