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I completely agree that mass surveillance is and will be a problem, and drones like that might very well be a part of the problem in the future. But the 'drone

by flexd 12y ago

I completely agree that mass surveillance is and will be a problem, and drones like that might very well be a part of the problem in the future. But the 'drone' in this case did not do anything. It is a remote controlled vehicle, and it did not do any thinking, the operator did. The title implies the drone was the key element in finding him, and not the person controlling the drone. I agree that drones will make surveillance easier, but until they fly autonomously without human control then it is a much smaller problem. Using drones to find missing people is a good usage case though, and I like that.

privong 12y ago
> The title implies the drone was the key element in finding him, and not the person controlling the drone. In a sense, that is accurate. The person alone would likely have taken far longer to find the person, so the drone was a key (if not the key) element in finding the missing person so fast.