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I don't see how drones are that useful for stalking and peeping. Do you know of any cases? They are super loud and obvious. Plus, the normal commercial ones are

I don't see how drones are that useful for stalking and peeping. Do you know of any cases? They are super loud and obvious. Plus, the normal commercial ones are mostly useful for wide shots and only have a little bit of digital zoom. In the EU countries, they are heavily regulated. You can't even fly them over your own property without registering them first and forget about flying over other people's property. Think you can just hide in the bushes? DJI is selling special equipment to airport security and law enforcement to track and identify their drones. Drones used in war or for terrorism/espionage might be a different topic. That is definitely a problem.

amelius 3y ago
> I don't see how drones are that useful for stalking and peeping. Do you know of any cases? This was not difficult to find: https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/paparazzi-use-drones-to-photograph-tina-turner-wedding-in-switzerland-a-914179.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/paparazzi-use-dr... > When Tina Turner got married at her estate in Switzerland over the weekend, she wanted to keep paparazzi away. But photographers used drones and other aircraft to get the exclusives they needed. The battle for pictures is increasingly moving into the airspace.
ImPostingOnHN 3y ago
they are currently used by police and other government agencies for mass surveillance, both imgint (recording crowds) and sigint (imsi catchers)
btbuildem 3y ago
The Mini 2 is small enough not to require registration, and has optical zoom (2x only, but still) It's powerful enough and inconspicuous enough to be a pest, no doubt. In my jurisdiction at least, using any size drone for "peeping" (violating someone's privacy in general) is illegal.
- cardanome 3y ago
  With the newest regulations, sub 250g drones like the Mini 2 DO NEED to be registered as well. Any drone containing a camera/microphone and not being classified as a "toy" needs to be, yes even when they are under 250g. At least in Germany. Should be true for the whole EU, though some countries might implement the laws a little bit differently. And, no, the mini 2 does not have optical zoom. Don't know where you got that information.
  - btbuildem 3y ago
    My mistake, the zoom on the mini 2 is indeed digital-only. Thanks!

amelius 3y ago

> I don't see how drones are that useful for stalking and peeping. Do you know of any cases? This was not difficult to find: https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/paparazzi-use-drones-to-photograph-tina-turner-wedding-in-switzerland-a-914179.html https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/paparazzi-use-dr... > When Tina Turner got married at her estate in Switzerland over the weekend, she wanted to keep paparazzi away. But photographers used drones and other aircraft to get the exclusives they needed. The battle for pictures is increasingly moving into the airspace.

ImPostingOnHN 3y ago

they are currently used by police and other government agencies for mass surveillance, both imgint (recording crowds) and sigint (imsi catchers)

btbuildem 3y ago

The Mini 2 is small enough not to require registration, and has optical zoom (2x only, but still) It's powerful enough and inconspicuous enough to be a pest, no doubt. In my jurisdiction at least, using any size drone for "peeping" (violating someone's privacy in general) is illegal.

cardanome 3y ago
With the newest regulations, sub 250g drones like the Mini 2 DO NEED to be registered as well. Any drone containing a camera/microphone and not being classified as a "toy" needs to be, yes even when they are under 250g. At least in Germany. Should be true for the whole EU, though some countries might implement the laws a little bit differently. And, no, the mini 2 does not have optical zoom. Don't know where you got that information.
- btbuildem 3y ago
  My mistake, the zoom on the mini 2 is indeed digital-only. Thanks!