Surveillance

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

WOW!

Those things are awesome and a bit scary.

Yes to both. I'd love to have one but I was just thinking how many there could be out there soon enough. What happens when someone flys one high enough to hit a helicopter. They often fly low.

You can fly one of those into someone too and hurt them. What if one drops down on a moving car?

The cool thing is you can automate these. You can assign "way points" for it to fly.

we should use these on the border

[KeptByTheWord]

I think that we are going to face some very tough issues in the very near future with these drones and the surveillance technology. What if it escalates family violence, where an estranged wife is followed by a drone, and she has no place to hide from the violent husband she left? What about stalkers? If they get their hands on these devices, what kind of damage could be done? All this technology is just overwhelming to my mind, to imagine the consequences of all the different scenarios that could be disastrous for us in the very near future.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I think that we are going to face some very tough issues in the very near future with these drones and the surveillance technology. What if it escalates family violence, where an estranged wife is followed by a drone, and she has no place to hide from the violent husband she left? What about stalkers? If they get their hands on these devices, what kind of damage could be done? All this technology is just overwhelming to my mind, to imagine the consequences of all the different scenarios that could be disastrous for us in the very near future.

Yes, it's pretty overwhelming to think of what people (mostly the gov) could do with this information.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by ILG

Yes, it's pretty overwhelming to think of what people (mostly the gov) could do with this information.

Not to mention the Chinese who sit in rooms hacking into whatever they can get into.

[SiblingRevelry]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I think that we are going to face some very tough issues in the very near future with these drones and the surveillance technology. What if it escalates family violence, where an estranged wife is followed by a drone, and she has no place to hide from the violent husband she left? What about stalkers? If they get their hands on these devices, what kind of damage could be done? All this technology is just overwhelming to my mind, to imagine the consequences of all the different scenarios that could be disastrous for us in the very near future.

You don't even have to go there. I have some neighbor kids who'd probably just try to shoot a drone down for fun.

[Abiding Now]

Think of the church application!

Pastor could use it to see if folks really are out of town or they just parked their car in the backyard behind the fence. Youth leader could follow the youth group to see if they really went to Sonic. Fly over the neighboring church and count the cars in the parking lot. Just to mention a few.
Endless church uses.

[commonsense]

In countries that outlaw Christian churches, scary to think the saints who worship in secret could be exposed.