A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance

high · Wired · Andy Greenberg, Dhruv Mehrotra · 13 Jul 2026 · 10:00 UTC · Surveillance & Privacy · 1 min read

Summary

Documents expansive aerial surveillance capability deployed by law enforcement in major U.S. city and the data security risks accompanying normalization of drone-based urban monitoring infrastructure.

The SFPD’s exposure of hours of videos from drone platform Skydio reveals how broadly it’s watching the city from above—and how the results can spill online.

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