We're going to enter into an interesting new phase of spying and counter-spying efforts if drones-as-faux-cell-towers are widely available. "Citizens of [major

We're going to enter into an interesting new phase of spying and counter-spying efforts if drones-as-faux-cell-towers are widely available. "Citizens of [major urban area]. Do not use your cell phone, rogue foreign agents are spying on us with a drone cell tower. Please wait until further notice - the bogey will be shot down shortly." Or perhaps more likely: "All employees are advised to use landlines and encrypted channels for the foreseeable future instead of mobile devices, we have reports of drone cell towers for industrial espionage." I'm exaggerating, but only slightly. There's been enough Orwellian nightmares come to fruition lately to make these projections seem sane.