The US government wants to know what drones you own. The Department of Transportation is working out the details of implementing drone registration rules by the end of the year.
And if you didn't already feel paranoid about government surveillance, try this on: Facebook will now notify you if it thinks your account is being attacked by hackers working for the government:
Also in this tech-news roundup, Amazon deals with drama in keeping track of real user reviews. The online retailer is suing more than 1,000 people who took payments to write fake product reviews.
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