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FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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It's trivial to build your own drone without a DroneID.

And you will be labeled a terrorist for doing so, regardless of intent.

Yeah, that’s been the GOP playbook for 20+ years. It’s only recently been used for US citizens.

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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People should be interfering with the murders

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The people of Minneapolis are defending their right to accept foreigners into their community. Do you genuinely think those people are being paid? That all those protestors don't genuinely feel that way? That the majority in that state don't, as the polls say, want those people there?

If you really think that people in Texas and Florida have the right to say who gets to live in Minnesota, why?

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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post #10

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I no longer know if it's sarcasm

It depends on what team you’re rooting for in the sports game that has become politics in the US.

People believing the president of the United States has been ordained by God, and can therefore do no wrong, should be extremely concerning to EVERYONE, no matter what team your rooting for.

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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Bubble of protection is 3000 feet laterally and 1000 feet vertically. From the article: “Unlike traditional Temporary Flight Restrictions, the NOTAM does not provide geographic coordinates, activation times, or public notification when the restriction is in effect near a specific location. Instead, the restricted airspace moves with DHS assets, meaning the no-fly zone can appear wherever ICE or other DHS units operat…

One of the hallmarks of authoritarianism is to have laws that are virtually impossible to not break. I hope this gets tested in court and declared unconstitutional for being overly vague and arbitrary. For example, Montana used to have some maximum speed limits that were just "reasonable and prudent", but they were eventually rejected by courts as being too vague (what's prudent to you may not be prudent to someone e…

The gun free school zone act has been upheld even though you could be within 1000 ft of one with no real indication there is one there. Supposedly you can only be convicted for doing it knowingly, but IIRC knowingly has been interpreted to mean as little as you live near the area so reasonably should have known.

Also note, i.e. stuff like statutory rape has been upheld even in cases where the perpetrator in all good faith thought the victim was 18+, the victim initiated selling the services, and the victim provided fake ID showing they were 18+.

So there is not necessarily any need for mens rea in the US legal system.

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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I wonder if these vessels, convoys, etc. are going to jam drones or use some other anti-drone weapon and this NOTAM allows that by saying "we can intercept or destroy it if it comes too close". That way they don't have to identify how much of a threat each individual drone is.

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's trivial to build your own drone without a DroneID.

And you will be labeled a terrorist for doing so, regardless of intent.

DHS flagged my passport on a list for literally fighting against terrorist in a US sanctioned anti-terrorist militia. When I returned they interrogated me as if I was a terrorist.

So if you are against the terrorists, you are also a terrorist.

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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I wonder if these vessels, convoys, etc. are going to jam drones or use some other anti-drone weapon and this NOTAM allows that by saying "we can intercept or destroy it if it comes too close". That way they don't have to identify how much of a threat each individual drone is.

That's when the fiber optic lines will become necessary

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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Not shady at all. Can’t have the public see what’s going on.

You don't understand. You must always respect authority. Trump is the highest authority in the land, put there by God.

This is the real danger of religion. When you train people from birth to turn off their brains and submit to authority without question, this is what happens.

Re: FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations

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My understanding is that DJI drones no longer enforce no-fly zones. Supposedly they still warn you when entering a restricted zone, but hard geofencing functionality is no longer in effect. Anyone know if that's true?

There’s a checkbox in the app that implies that. I haven’t had a reason or way to test it yet.

I can confirm altitude restrictions can be turned off.

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