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It is difficult to find exactly which neighbour it is that has the drone, as I live in a relatively built up area. The drone is a DJI phantom, and has a camera attached.
Should I leave a sign in big litters on my lawn saying "please do not fly your drone here"
Or do I contact the police?
I'm not the nicest person in the world and if someone flew a drone over my garden I would ignore it but if they would hover there long enough for me to be irritated I just might attempt to bring it down.
That would at least force the owner to identify themselves and I can afford to replace the drone if ordered to do so by a judge.
First stop would be the municipality, to see if this can be resolved in a non-legal way, second would be the police because flying drones over built up ground is illegal in many places, finally, recording people without their consent is illegal in private space (such as your garden). I'm not the nicest person in the world and if someone flew a drone over my garden I would ignore it but if they would hover there long…
Not if it's visible from the public space.
OP should check the local laws first. It's possible he had no recourse, depending on how high the drone flies. It's not like airplanes need your permission to fly over your property.
First stop would be the municipality, to see if this can be resolved in a non-legal way, second would be the police because flying drones over built up ground is illegal in many places, finally, recording people without their consent is illegal in private space (such as your garden). I'm not the nicest person in the world and if someone flew a drone over my garden I would ignore it but if they would hover there long…
> recording people without their consent is illegal in private space Not if it's visible from the public space. OP should check the local laws first. It's possible he had no recourse, depending on how high the drone flies. It's not like airplanes need your permission to fly over your property.
People will put all kinds of visible barriers around their house to get some privacy, hovering your drone over those barriers is clearly a breach of sorts.
Depending on where this is happening the laws will vary but here is one example from the UK:
If you can documentos that it is flying too much over you, you can take action.
If that fails you can learn tensorflow and target the drone camera with a (low power) laser.
Don't fry the camera justo point the laser at the objective while it is flying and voila: privacy happens.
You can try to grab it for you with a net or something.
I would try to target the drone and record its activity. If you can documentos that it is flying too much over you, you can take action. If that fails you can learn tensorflow and target the drone camera with a (low power) laser. Don't fry the camera justo point the laser at the objective while it is flying and voila: privacy happens.
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 kindly come by and pick it up.
Being nice works well when people are doing questionable things (and possession is 9/10 of the law if they are not nice in return).