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> The potential of consumer or commercial drones harming world leaders became immediately evident when a protester hovered one close to German chancellor Angela
by dkarl 5y ago
> The potential of consumer or commercial drones harming world leaders became immediately evident when a protester hovered one close to German chancellor Angela Merkel at a campaign rally in 2013
Pretty arbitrary incident to choose, but I suppose the writer would have felt silly mentioning the flying dildos that buzzed Gary Kasparov at a political event in 2008.
- 1MachineElf 5y agoI'm more interested in the potential of world leaders' drones harming regular people.
- dkarl 5y agoI have no idea who was responsible for the flying dildos, but Kasparov was an outspoken critic of Putin, so I imagine the incident made him even more conscious of how easily Putin could reach him if he wanted. He continued his political activities, but he left Russia a few years later and announced that he couldn't go back in the near future because if he did he wouldn't be allowed to leave again. He has still not been back, to my knowledge.
- anigbrowl 5y agoSomeone literally did that the other day (flying a drone with a dildo attached) to a person running for mayor in New Mexico, and then punched the candidate when an event staffer was able to grab the drone. https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/new-mexico-sheriff-running-for-mayor-interrupted-by-sex-toy-attached-to-drone-punched-at-campaign-event/ https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/new-mexico-sheriff-running...