When small UAV's first hit the military decades ago there was an east coast state working with the military doing traffic surveillance of I95 as hands on training for the UAV pilots.
Onsite cruisers were directed to speeding vehicles, speeding tickets were issued and a few arrests were made when out standing warrants were found.
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welcome to the panopticon !
Posted by cptfreakout
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Not the first time.
Posted by Hates Idiots
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The sneaky b..tards.
Posted by Cobranut
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welcome to the panopticon !
Care to guess how fast you would be arrested if you made your own and used it for policing the police or corporate America ? .
I can't wait for the arrests to start when the small drones start nosing about your windows and doors or if people start saying no and start hacking or shooting them down , and how much is this costing us ? we're broke ! .
I can't wait for the arrests to start when the small drones start nosing about your windows and doors or if people start saying no and start hacking or shooting them down , and how much is this costing us ? we're broke ! .
Posted by cptfreakout
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Cost vs Benefit and other Problems
These are some very high priced toys. When it is a question of surveillance of high crime areas, stationary cameras are much cheaper and do not require as many training dollars for operators. The more complicated a thing is and the more moving parts it has the higher the maintenance costs, there are not many trained or certified in the repair of such specialized equipment.
There has been some problems with these things being hacked. Hacking them is a good way to vandalize them, to steal them for resale, or for someone to repurpose them into spying on the agency that owns them, or even to use them for attacks placing blame on the registered owner.
The second hand market opens opportunity for abuses.
Not every component is made in the US which is the same as shipping tech jobs overseas.
There has been some problems with these things being hacked. Hacking them is a good way to vandalize them, to steal them for resale, or for someone to repurpose them into spying on the agency that owns them, or even to use them for attacks placing blame on the registered owner.
The second hand market opens opportunity for abuses.
Not every component is made in the US which is the same as shipping tech jobs overseas.
Posted by tsmith_47201
Updated - 9th Jan 2012