Personally, I hope the technology gets there for "pursuit drones". It'd be a much safer way to "pursue" fleeing suspects vs car chases.
And with that, I see no constitutional issue.
Personally, I hope the technology gets there for "pursuit drones". It'd be a much safer way to "pursue" fleeing suspects vs car chases.
I fly a drone. It's a lot of fun, and you get some amazing photo opportunities. Of course, I don't 'target' anyone elses property. You can't really zoom in on anything either, so it's not like I can see you in the shower. And it's pretty loud, so you really can't sneak up on anybody. Is someone targetting your place?
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Fire already uses them. I've had them called out to look for missing kids a couple of times.
I fail to get to excited about my privacy re drones. When you take a look at the Google earth satellite views of my house it shows pretty much every thing in my yard. Considering it is a private satellite with far less resolution than the military/Government ones, I am sure those can read a newspaper in my yard! My sons and nephews verified that statement as they have viewed images from those cameras.
I seriously doubt there is a day anyone that is outside their home without a video recording or pictures taken. I seriously doubt it will get any less in the future.
You also are failing to get excited about someone watching your little granddaughter play in the back yard? There is a difference between satellite surveillance and the neighbors flying over your backyard watching your family. And while true the resolution you describe, I cannot fathom there is a way currently possible for them to watch all of us in that resolution and store all that data. The local drone is an in your face intrusion in your pursuit of happiness that the satellite is not.
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You also are failing to get excited about someone watching your little granddaughter play in the back yard? There is a difference between satellite surveillance and the neighbors flying over your backyard watching your family. And while true the resolution you describe, I cannot fathom there is a way currently possible for them to watch all of us in that resolution and store all that data. The local drone is an in your face intrusion in your pursuit of happiness that the satellite is not.
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I miss the old days.
Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos
Well, my house is on a corner with a lot of foot traffic, and fences are verboten, so a drone is the least of my concern.
How many drone fly-overs do you get annually?
Your personal decisions pertaining to privacy at your home have nothing to do with the drone issue other than to illustrate you do not prioritize privacy, and that is your free choice.
Drones are being sold by the thousands and are getting cheaper by the day so incidents involving them will continue to increase. Most people do not even think when they get one, they just start checking out the neighbors property, it seems like fun.
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The saving grace of consumer-grade drones as they exist today is short flight time. I'm not especially concerned about flyovers and "tactical" use, akin to taking over some of the missions that police helicopters currently do.
What keeps me up at night is the idea of persistent surveillance by aerostats or high altitude, high endurance drone aircraft. The kind of thing we used in Kabul or Baghdad: A surveillance "time machine" that records everything, everywhere, and stores it indefinitely for later review. The kind of system I could definitely see rolled out over DC or Chicago, and probably exists already in the NYC CCTV network.