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I'm sure this was made in jest, but this is probably a real concern with folks at the NSA. With stuff like this becoming consumerized and easy to use, how long

I'm sure this was made in jest, but this is probably a real concern with folks at the NSA. With stuff like this becoming consumerized and easy to use, how long do you think it's going to be before some jerk decides it'd be a good idea to strap a bomb to one and fly it into a building?

tacojuan 12y ago
Radio controlled cars/planes are pretty cheap and have been around for a lot longer than "fully autonomous" consumer drones, so maybe the Feds should start staking out hobby stores.
- notastartup 12y ago
  but someone who is going to weaponize a drone isn't going to the hobby store. they are going to get the parts from elsewhere or they will seek underground marketplaces with bitcoin. in the line of fire 1993 movie, john malkovich plays an assassin who creates a gun from toy car parts so the weapon can't be traced or even be suspected. he assembles it just before attempting the hit but it's foiled.
notastartup 12y ago
I was thinking about this other day. it's not too hard weaponize a drone. this is our worst nightmare. can you imagine people getting assassinated from an ak-47 fired from a quadrotor heavy duty drone? Like this is straight out of the tv series Dark Angels with Jessica Alba. Imagine if we lived in a country where tech was as advanced as we were and the government was powerless and anarchy ruled. These killer drones would be a reality. you could have armies of these. if they became autonomous with the facial recognition which is possible now, it would be a cinch for law enforcement or terrorists to take anyone out. my biggest fear is law enforcement or government agencies deploying such autonomous self flying drones hooked up to a giant database of human faces and their every little communication and using deep machine learning to predict someone who is about to commit a crime and quickly deploy itself and apprehend the would be criminal or even more chilling, taking them out. edit: I just realized that in parts of the world, this is already taking place. Chilling because it's already a reality and imagine if we, the free West, lived under constant fear of drones flying over our heads, watching entire houses or car infront of you get blown up without warning, vowing vengeance and to join a resistance against the drone wielding country.
- drivingmenuts 12y ago
  I'd be more worried about the "down with the state" loonies or one of their followers doing this than the government. With the government, you have a chance to see what's coming. You almost never find out about the whacko who saved up, bought a gun and shot up a school until it's too late. Is it possible that the government might, in some way, turn on it's citizens? Sure, if it can be justified as "for the children" or "fighting terror" or any number of inane excuses. My guess, though, is that it will be a civilian with a drone and grandiose dreams of "liberating America from it's oppressors" who will make our fears of drones a real thing.

tacojuan 12y ago

Radio controlled cars/planes are pretty cheap and have been around for a lot longer than "fully autonomous" consumer drones, so maybe the Feds should start staking out hobby stores.

notastartup 12y ago
but someone who is going to weaponize a drone isn't going to the hobby store. they are going to get the parts from elsewhere or they will seek underground marketplaces with bitcoin. in the line of fire 1993 movie, john malkovich plays an assassin who creates a gun from toy car parts so the weapon can't be traced or even be suspected. he assembles it just before attempting the hit but it's foiled.

notastartup 12y ago

I was thinking about this other day. it's not too hard weaponize a drone. this is our worst nightmare. can you imagine people getting assassinated from an ak-47 fired from a quadrotor heavy duty drone? Like this is straight out of the tv series Dark Angels with Jessica Alba. Imagine if we lived in a country where tech was as advanced as we were and the government was powerless and anarchy ruled. These killer drones would be a reality. you could have armies of these. if they became autonomous with the facial recognition which is possible now, it would be a cinch for law enforcement or terrorists to take anyone out. my biggest fear is law enforcement or government agencies deploying such autonomous self flying drones hooked up to a giant database of human faces and their every little communication and using deep machine learning to predict someone who is about to commit a crime and quickly deploy itself and apprehend the would be criminal or even more chilling, taking them out. edit: I just realized that in parts of the world, this is already taking place. Chilling because it's already a reality and imagine if we, the free West, lived under constant fear of drones flying over our heads, watching entire houses or car infront of you get blown up without warning, vowing vengeance and to join a resistance against the drone wielding country.

drivingmenuts 12y ago
I'd be more worried about the "down with the state" loonies or one of their followers doing this than the government. With the government, you have a chance to see what's coming. You almost never find out about the whacko who saved up, bought a gun and shot up a school until it's too late. Is it possible that the government might, in some way, turn on it's citizens? Sure, if it can be justified as "for the children" or "fighting terror" or any number of inane excuses. My guess, though, is that it will be a civilian with a drone and grandiose dreams of "liberating America from it's oppressors" who will make our fears of drones a real thing.