Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
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Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#2"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
Same arguments can be used against handheld camcorders, smartphones etc.
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#3"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
Pretty much the same way I feel about Google Streetview? Or Google Glass?
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#4"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?" Same arguments can be used against handheld camcorders, smartphones etc.
Or balloons.
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#5"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?" Same arguments can be used against handheld camcorders, smartphones etc.
Or Google Glass, or Streetview, or...
It's almost as if Mr. Schmidt is speaking as a hyopcrite...
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#6somehow I doubt terrorists would give a damn about a law restricting their use or ownership.
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#7There's an infinite amount of devices and technology out there that could be misused already, but there's a legal framework in place to help mitigate that potential.
I don't see drones being fundamentally different in any way that would make them impossible to regulate. The FCC is a great example: it's stupidly simple to interfere with radio signals but it's not a big problem because enforcement is taken seriously.
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#8"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?" Pretty much the same way I feel about Google Streetview? Or Google Glass?
You raise a good point: it is in Google's interest to maintain a monopoly on as much data as they can.
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#9"How would you feel if your neighbour went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
Roughly the same as I'd feel about them buying a telescope and pointing it in my bedroom window; really creeped out, film it and call the cops on them.
Really. We're meant to take this seriously now? Almost any technology can be abused. I can think of several ways to kill or seriously harm my neighbour with the contents of my cleaning cupboard if I'd the mind to - far worse than just being a creepy pest to them. Are we supposed to go down the EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! BAN EVERYTHING. route? The saving grace of society isn't that these things are difficult, it's that most people don't think as predators very often.
Who knows maybe your neighbour actually has a soul.
Re: Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
#10Its one thing to make it illegal to use drones to harm other people; and another thing to say that only Google, Amazon, and the U.S. Government can own drones.