Surveillance of *private* spaces? Big problem.

Flying a drone over your house? No problem.

Flying a drone over your house, and using an IR scanner to see how many people are in it? Big problem.

And, as usual, we’re waiting for the law to catch up with the technology.

Mew

Cameras are only a start. I want to see warrants,probable causes and limits with accountability before I ever want to see this crud used domestically.
Border surveillance? No Problem. Our surveillance? BIG Problem.

Was Fast and Furious lost in this discussion? We Still Don’t Have the whole gist, now do we?

Call this grasping at straws but try this next time you’re flying and they ask for your I D . Ask under what specific Federal statute covers this “request”. It’s a secret guys, and they do not have to tell you,and are prohibited from doing so. Think this ‘drone thing’ will be different?

…..why do you want to give these ‘schmucks’, anything further…?

As we communicate, Loitering Drones with warheads are under evaluation . Brought out a backpack, snapped together, and away they go, into the wild blue yonder…….The Technology never ever gets to be less, and 3-D printers are such wonderful devices.Look up Aviation Week or D T I websites and get an eyeful.
Can’t hurt, now can it?
Then, imagine just one rogue agency,The DEA for example. Surely you’ve heard how above-board they are,and have been…….

When drones get used to re-evaluate your property assessments, or measure your energy use/thermal losses for surcharges, or sweep your neighborhood for ‘suspect communications’, then will you stop and consider Unintended Consequences?

Did Waco and Ruby Ridge just go away to die?
No, they’re coming back in another form and style.

Look up ‘Gorgon Stare’ or ‘Argus I R ‘ and get back to us.

“Scared out of your socks, you should be, youngling…”

Neil brings up a valid point – how are these drones any different from fixed-position cameras in public places?

Mew