We are so privacy-screwed..

[planters]

the drone shooters should be charged with discharge of a weapon into the air...maybe they were listening to joe biden.

I think the drone shooters were cruel. It is unfeeling to stage these "hunts" just to attract some A**holes with drones. I think it is unethical to fly a drone NO MATTER WHO DOES IT over private property to monitor, intimidate, annoy or endanger others.

[The_Doctor]

Sounds to me like a damn good application for a taser. What kind of stupid name is 'taser' anyway?

[JD3]

...like we already aren't rights-screwed-enough in this country... http://news.yahoo.com/drones-large-s...010537668.html ..drone swarms?? sheesh, 1984, anyone?

...still, the 'tech' is cool / fascinating, and of course, one can see many 'benevolent' / brilliant / helpful uses for these (exerior wear / damage-inspections / search-rescue, etc, etc..) but... we all know how-quickly a 'well-intentioned idea' gets turned into a wholly-unwelcome 'anal-probe' around here.. (ie: 'TSA'..)

..also, a good hearty 'Googlol'.. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...200641774.html

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I don't know you. But my new name for you is punctuation mark

[dnar]

Sounds to me like a damn good application for a taser. What kind of stupid name is 'taser' anyway?

LOL. Tell that to the Inventor who is rolling in $$$$.

[Displaser]

I think it is unethical to fly a drone NO MATTER WHO DOES IT over private property to monitor, intimidate, annoy or endanger others.

So I go into a nearby hobby/radio control shop about two weeks ago, see a stack of "ready to fly" quad-copters with camera installed, and all you need to get going, including the controller - $130! I strike up a conversation with the owner about these low-cost camera-equipped quad-copters and what the the implications will be. I also learn that there is a $400 model (GoPro extra) with features like "return-to-home" via gps, if it gets beyond a certain range, low battery, etc.

The next day, I read online that Texas has just passed a new law for quad-copters, etc. with "fines up to $500 for photos or videos made of people without permission, while also allowing those improperly photographed or filmed to collect up to $10,000 in civil penalties if they can show that images were collected or distributed with malice". Texas may be one of the first states to impose this, but I would imagine that there will be many more states to follow.

[swamidog]

yeah... texas passed the anti-drone law when a drone pilot stumbled across a meatpacking plant that was dumping pig blood into the river instead of disposing of it properly.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...155450010.html

So I go into a nearby hobby/radio control shop about two weeks ago, see a stack of "ready to fly" quad-copters with camera installed, and all you need to get going, including the controller - $130! I strike up a conversation with the owner about these low-cost camera-equipped quad-copters and what the the implications will be. I also learn that there is a $400 model (GoPro extra) with features like "return-to-home" via gps, if it gets beyond a certain range, low battery, etc.

The next day, I read online that Texas has just passed a new law for quad-copters, etc. with "fines up to $500 for photos or videos made of people without permission, while also allowing those improperly photographed or filmed to collect up to $10,000 in civil penalties if they can show that images were collected or distributed with malice". Texas may be one of the first states to impose this, but I would imagine that there will be many more states to follow.

[Displaser]

yeah... texas passed the anti-drone law when a drone pilot stumbled across a meatpacking plant that was dumping pig blood into the river instead of disposing of it properly.

I read that there were going to be exclusions to the law, one of which actually cited the environmental damages from that event. Maybe there can still be some good that will come from the technology. I was under the impression that the laws were being adopted to keep the pervs and facebook postings in check?

[Picasso]

I cant wait till the day I take out my $100 buck R/C sopwith camel and ram a police drone. Maybe I should look for a Japanese Zero model instead. This is what happened when I flew my "drone" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjUPaFPw_d0 Some guy thought it was the cops.