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Seattle Drone Program Over

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Turns out people don’t want to be watched by flying cameras.

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Seattle skyline. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty),MARK RALSTON

Seattle’s about to have a huge credit at Radio Shack. The Northwestern city’s mayor canceled plans to send miniature robots equipped with stealth spy cameras into the sky Friday in response to citizens’ concerns over privacy rights.

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