Buckeye,
The fact of the matter is that we have no privacy anymore. The government likely spies on us in ways we have no idea about anymore. With that in mind I don’t see the thought of citizens having this capability as a threat but as a check on the government because WE can watch THEM too.
IMHO arguing that only the government should have drones (or RC helicopters) is the same as saying that only the government should have guns. It’s just not a good idea.
- Megan
In a way I agree. Existing law should preclude the misuse of drones.
In most states it is illegal to record any person without their consent in any place where they could expect privacy.
However until the availability of drones in most cases VOYUER would have to subject themselves to potential exposure to get their illicit film.
Now with drones the voyuer can from a secure safe distance look in a window or over a fence and spy on most anyone who leaves a window open.
and if you live in a city yo can not even shoot the things down if you find it outside your window.
Sure they should be legal but we need away to trace them back to their owner,
I never argued that the government should be the only one using drones. I don’t know where that idea came from.