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The point is not about all the ways that they can be used that would generally be considered "good" - it's not hard to concoct an example such as yours that fal
by archangel_one 14y ago
The point is not about all the ways that they can be used that would generally be considered "good" - it's not hard to concoct an example such as yours that falls into that category. The point is all the ways they could be used that are perceived as "evil", and since it's very hard to draw a line between the two in law he's taking the stance to ban it completely. I happen to believe that it's better to risk that murderer going uncaught than to catch him by turning the country into a police state.
- lukeschlather 14y agoWe can write much better laws than ones where we just ban a specific technology. If police can't use drones for surveillance without a warrant, I don't see why they should be allowed to do surveillance at all without a warrant. This sort of law only muddies the issue by banning tools rather than actions (similar to banning BitTorrent to stop piracy.)
- crusso 14y agoWhile I agree with your point that it's important to attack the root of the problem rather than dance around the edges -- shutting down drone activity before it even starts is better than waiting and hoping that some other legislator takes on the whole surveillance issue. Controlling drones is a lot bigger of a deal in the surveillance area than just controlling bit torrent is to file sharing. There are a lot of almost-as-good alternatives to bit torrent. Cheap arial surveillance only has drones. I will happily vote with you to support politicians who want to curtail unwarranted surveillance during upcoming elections; but I will take what I can get with this anti-drone legislation for now.