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Next thing you know will be 3d printed drone for the body with the battery, microelectronics and propulsion(?) sourced from Shenzhen, or salvaged from 2nd hand
by eunos 6y ago
Next thing you know will be 3d printed drone for the body with the battery, microelectronics and propulsion(?) sourced from Shenzhen, or salvaged from 2nd hand drone and smartphone.
For the software, with a few million dollars, probably, cartels might hire engineers to fork open source autopilot software to do the bidding. Everything done on darknet paid with cryptocurrency.
- imtringued 6y agoI was told drones were "cheap". What you just said is not cheap at all. Sure the cartel might be able to afford this but a lot of people in this thread are worrying about attacks against politicians and celebrities being committed by individual actors. That's not going to happen if the drone pilot can't get away with it.
- eunos 6y agoYou might need hundred thousand or low million to target person of interests. However, you might only need ten of thousand to target common individuals.