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We 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
by lukeschlather 14y ago
We 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.