Thirty-four universities applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2012 for permits to operate drones, documents obtained earlier this month by a watchdog organization reveal.
The list, assembled by the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) through a Freedom of Information Act request to the FAA, includes prominent institutions, such as Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of California – Davis.
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EFF spokeswoman Rebecca Jeschke told Campus Reform last Wednesday that most of the applications from universities were intended for academic research, but still warned of potential privacy violations.
