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Ask HN: How do I stop my neighbour flying their drone over my house?

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Re: Ask HN: How do I stop my neighbour flying their drone over my house?

#41
Don't forget to film this happening, repeatedly.

If you can show it's much more than a one-off, and how low the drone is, etc., you may get a more sympathetic reaction from authorities. Whether it's the police, a court, or whatever.

In addition to drone use and behavior, specifically, many communities have nuisance laws and ordinances.

If your neighbor is making a nuisance of themself, the "drone" part may be incidental in getting the behavior to stop.

Best wishes.

P.S. For example, you may have a perfect right to use a leaf blower on your yard. But if you are compulsive with it and spend 2 - 3 hours every day blowing every last speck off your lawn and driveway, you may be found to be a nuisance.

Re: Ask HN: How do I stop my neighbour flying their drone over my house?

#42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>you aren't breaking any FCC regs (uses a wifi de-auth) Has the FCC's enforcement been successfully challenged in court? Because last I knew their interpretation of 47 USC 333 explicitly considered monkey business at layer 2 or above to be within scope of malicious interference.

And here is a better definition. It appears you are correct by my interpretation of this simple FAQ: https://transition.fcc.gov/eb/jammerenforcement/jamfaq.pdf - For example, jammers can: prevent your Wi-Fi enabled device from connecting to the Internet - A jammer can block all radio communications on any device that operates on radio frequencies within its range (i.e., within a certain radius of the jammer) by emitt…

Sling-shot would be my favorite choice. Buy lead fishing weights for ammo - they're cheap.

Re: Ask HN: How do I stop my neighbour flying their drone over my house?

#44

Can't we jam these signals yet? DIY method: https://makezine.com/projects/build-wi-fi-drone-disabler-wit... Pro Method: https://www.droneshield.com/blog-content/2017/1/14/drone-def... Seems to me with DIY method you aren't breaking any FCC regs (uses a wifi de-auth). Still I would do it out of direct line of sight (hidden/obscured area) in case operator catches you on camera. When you pick it up just ask them to kind…

I have a dji drone, even if you break the wifi connection, it will just return to "home". Unless you can spoof a gps signal, I don't know how you'd capture it.

But wouldn't that reveal who its owner is?
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