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I am as much against mass surveillance as the next guy - but I don't understand why we should be worried about drones in that context? Should we not work big to small and worry about our own governments (and foreign) spying on our every electronic move?



I'm not sure why you think of internet and phone spying as big and drone spying as small. You can opt out of internet and phone spying by not using the internet or your own phone. The only way to escape from potential drone surveillance is to stay in your house and avoid the windows.


As long as a human operator is needed (per drone), it doesn't scale, so I think the impression is not that strange.


I agree, but it's not just mass surveillance. I was standing around recently and a guy was flying his drone around, presumably taking video of me and other people in the area. It was not pleasant and this was only an incidental, recreational use of the technology.




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