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It almost seems like I'm living in the start of an Orwellian novel.. "See how good and beneficial the drones can be?"... I love the technology part, I love the
by bagosm 12y ago
It almost seems like I'm living in the start of an Orwellian novel.. "See how good and beneficial the drones can be?"... I love the technology part, I love the possible benefit for transportation etc, I hate the surveillance connotation (Which seems to be the primary intent here albeit for "good purpose")
- klausjensen 12y agoI am as much against mass surveillance as the next guy - but I don't understand why we should be worried about drones in that context? Should we not work big to small and worry about our own governments (and foreign) spying on our every electronic move?
- mhb 12y agoI agree, but it's not just mass surveillance. I was standing around recently and a guy was flying his drone around, presumably taking video of me and other people in the area. It was not pleasant and this was only an incidental, recreational use of the technology.
- pessimizer 12y agoI'm not sure why you think of internet and phone spying as big and drone spying as small. You can opt out of internet and phone spying by not using the internet or your own phone. The only way to escape from potential drone surveillance is to stay in your house and avoid the windows.
- kaybe 12y agoAs long as a human operator is needed (per drone), it doesn't scale, so I think the impression is not that strange.