> The typical expectation of privacy by most folks is completely flawed I expect to have privacy while on my own property and there is nothing flawed about tha

> The typical expectation of privacy by most folks is completely flawed I expect to have privacy while on my own property and there is nothing flawed about that expectation. > With absolutely zero exceptions across several hundred people, the reaction has been positive. My reaction would be positive too, if you came and introduced yourself beforehand or were flying safely in a public space. I wasn't saying earlier that drones are always going to cause stress. I said that having a mystery drone show up near or on their property is going to bother many people. And I'm definitely not in the minority there. You claimed above that drones were loud and short lived, therefore useless for surveillance. But that's not the point. They can still cause people great bother if the pilot isn't careful to respect people's comfort zones. Particularly while drones are a new thing and people haven't made any room in their comfort zones for them Edit: to be clear, the courteous piloting you describe yourself as doing is not an issue in my book at all. I would be more than happy to have pilots like you around my property. My point is that discourteous piloting, where people are left wondering about the UAV on their property, is going to cause grief.