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I'm somewhere between meh and concerned about this. One one hand, this is nothing new. Police have used airplanes to catch speeders for a long long time. But
by woofyman 13y ago
I'm somewhere between meh and concerned about this. One one hand, this is nothing new. Police have used airplanes to catch speeders for a long long time. But the breathless, OMG we're in a police state pushes me, for some reason, to take the contrarian stand.
- genwin 13y agoI used to live in a city with cops everywhere, where you'd get pulled over for doing 38 mph in a 35 zone. This city is surely intent on using drones to auto-fine all such criminals, making the place even safer by narrowing it to 35.01 mph.
- VladRussian2 13y agoi think people (and government pushing for drone usage) missing one important aspect - where police/FBI will launch 100 drones, the citizens will launch tens of thousands drones (and if it is outlawed like it is in some states already - it will be Anon's drones) and will observe and record each government/police action. People are worried about government's gigapixel Argus while hundred citizens' drones with 10M cameras can do the same job. While citizens can claim protection of 4th, the government/police while performing their duties - can't as their actions are allowed to be observed by citizens. It will be a police state for police. Right now a citizen recording police is easily intimidated, like by arresting him and shooting his dog for example. Good luck doing it in case of anonymous drone :)
- genwin 13y agoIt will surely be illegal for the citizens to have their own drones. It will be gov't-only airspace at that altitude. (The people won't object in sufficient numbers either, giving gov't the mandate.) I doubt an Anon could launch or land a drone very many times without getting caught.