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Submission + - Senate bill draft would prohibit unbreakable encryption (ap.org)

buck-yar writes: A draft version of a Senate bill would effectively prohibit unbreakable encryption and require companies to help the government access data on a computer or mobile device with a warrant. "No individual or company is above the law." officials supporting the bill say. The draft language ran into opposition from another committee member, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who said the proposal would require "American companies to build a backdoor" into devices.

Submission + - Ardupilot to Continue On as Non-Profit (diydrones.com)

buck-yar writes: With 3DR recently pulling their financial support for the Ardupilot project, the developers had to take a look at how the project would continue. Andrew Tridgell announced yesterday the developers will create a non-profit to oversee the project similar to other non-profits in the open source community. The project continues to grow. "Intel has well over 10 developers devoted to DroneCode projects including at least 2 working on Ardupilot full time and a few others improving QGroundControl to work better with Ardupilot," developer Randy MacKay writes.

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