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> you can expect that one or both sides will be using drones, at least for surveillance if not for offense How is this any different than the risk that is curr
by ryuhhnn 2y ago
> you can expect that one or both sides will be using drones, at least for surveillance if not for offense
How is this any different than the risk that is currently present? Surveillance technology, in this day and age is ubiquitous and cheap. Attaching it to a drone is convenient for the offense, sure, but the technology described in this article is only a marginal improvement to what a stock drone can provide.
> cameras that use object recognition to identify humans and road vehicles at long range
Is nothing more than a software improvement to a stock drone with a camera, but nobody complains about the massive proliferation of consumer drone devices.
This article, to me, reads like Red Scare propoganda. Regardless of where people are buying this technology, there are much more lethal "weapons of war" currently available to people with very little legal oversight (i.e. you can buy a semi-automatic rifle in most US states without a permit or background check).
- jerlam 2y agoSmall, local law enforcement knows how to deal with people with guns (putting aside Uvalde) - that's one of the few things they are prepared for. Investigating or preventing a small drone attack is probably way beyond even a large city's police force.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoIsn’t the investigation difficulty a function of its novelty? I figure after the first few drone bombings cities will learn how to deal with them.
- avidiax 2y agoIt's not clear to me how the police will track down who operated what drone, especially if the drone operator is several kilometers away, perhaps not even near the launch site, and even if caught, only has a controller and headset. This is much more like the DC sniper than a typical gunman.
- snypher 2y agoAlso we're already looking at a) onboard autonomy, so control is not needed or b) rebroadcast hardware that runs over LTE or WiFi. Satellite comms on the way, at least for the civilian market.
- ashoeafoot 2y agothe current risk are all government created highvtech artifacts. this has the potential to be as destabilising as the ak was fot teibal societies .