UK Government Wants Prisons Geoblocked By Drone Manufacturers (thestack.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A new report from the UK's Ministry of Justice promises to work with drone manufacturers to get prison locations geoblocked as a native feature of the drone, in the face of rising incidents of drone incursion into prison space. The report, which outlines many proposed reforms to the UK's prison system, says that the MoJ will "trial, together with industry, the inclusion of prison coordinates in no-fly zones which have the potential to be programmed into the majority of drones on the market (although we must think carefully about how much information we are willing to put into the public domain and therefore make available to the criminal community)." The last few years have seen increased pressure on government to enforce geoblock zones on drone manufacturers, who have responded to controversial drone incursion incidents with permanent or temporary geoblock software updates.

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[amicusNYCL]

[2 Prison guards speaking, in British accents]

Guard 1: Wot's that then?

Guard 2: Looks like a drone, doesn't it? It's flying right at us, looks like it's got a package suspended from it. That would no doubt have some contraband in it, wouldn't it?

Guard 1: Well, should we alert the others?

Guard 2: No need. They can't fly over the prison, you see. There's a little bit right in there, which actually stops the thing from flying over any prison. Brilliant, isn't it?

Guard 1: Brilliant! But it looks like it just flew over the wall and into the yard, when is that bit supposed to kick in to stop it?

Guard 2: It did fly over the wall, didn't it? See if you can reach the warden on the radio.

Guard 1: What should I tell him?

Guard 2: Tell him that we're in the wrong place, apparently the prison got moved and we need to know where we're supposed to be.

-fin-

Re: Prison Locations Are Secret?

[ausekilis]

Did you even read the fucking article or summary? Christ sakes man.

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