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Similar technology like using a gun from a car [1], or putting a bomb in a rubbish bin, or mailing antrax, already exists and does cause occasional mass killing
by lopmotr 9y ago
Similar technology like using a gun from a car [1], or putting a bomb in a rubbish bin, or mailing antrax, already exists and does cause occasional mass killings. The main the stopping it is humans usually don't want to do that. Even with drones, there will still be evidence and police hunting for who did it. It's not going to be anarchy.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks
- nyolfen 9y ago19 people decided to fly planes into buildings and we invaded two countries, massively expanded and accelerated the most powerful surveillance apparatus that has ever existed, and invented a gargantuan bureaucracy that carries out tens of millions of man-hours a year of security screenings. it doens't take anarchy to shift the security calculus enough to greatly alter culture.
- lopmotr 9y agoSure, there might be overreaction. I'm saying we don't need to worry about criminals or terrorists using them any more than we do conventional weapons. Of course people will still worry too much if it's on the news, just like 911.
- jobigoud 9y agoThere is this approach of using airplanes taking pictures every second. When a crime like drive by shooting and putting a bomb in a bin is commited, this technology allows the investigators to rewind time and fast forward to discover where the car/person come from/went and eventually catch it. It was used to figure out location of drug cartel head quarters. This wouldn't be efficient against a swarm of drone attack though, as they can be operated remotely from miles away.