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Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules (www.vice.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Powderhorn to c/news

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[–] A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Presumably the drones do either have pre-programmed flight paths in them, or are flown by radio that can be triangulated - and giving up that location information probably is equivalent to 'snitching'.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Store the flight information in RAM and it’s gone once it powers down. I’m sure cartels can afford to pay some programmers to do that.