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**Ghost of 51:50**

More than a third of Americans worry their privacy will suffer if drones like those used to spy on U.S. enemies overseas become the latest police tool for tracking suspected criminals at home, according to an Associated Press-National Constitution Center poll.

Congress has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to come up with safety regulations that will clear the way for routine domestic use of unmanned aircraft within the next three years.

The government is under pressure from a wide range of interests to open U.S. skies to drones.

Oil companies want them to monitor pipelines. Environmentalists want them to count sea lions on remote islands. Farmers want them to fly over crops with sensors that can detect which fields are wet and which need watering. They're already being used to help fight forest fires. And the list goes on.

Manufacturers are also keen to cash in on what they expect to be a burgeoning new drone market. Government and commercial drone-related expenditures are forecast to total $89 billion worldwide over the next decade.

On the leading edge of that new market are state and local police departments, who say that in many cases drones are cheaper, more practical and more effective than manned aircraft. Most of them would be small drones, generally weighing less than 55 pounds (25 kilograms). They could be used, for example, to search for missing children or to scout a location ahead of a police raid.

But privacy advocates caution that drones equipped with powerful cameras, including the latest infrared cameras that can "see" through walls, listening devices and other information-gathering technology raise the specter of a surveillance society in which the activities of ordinary citizens are monitored and recorded by the authorities.

Nearly half the public, 44 percent, supports allowing police forces inside the U.S. to use drones to assist police work, but a significant minority — 36 percent — say they "strongly oppose" or "somewhat oppose" police use of drones, according to a survey last month.

When asked if they were concerned that police departments' use of drones for surveillance might cause them to lose privacy, 35 percent of respondents said they were "extremely concerned" or "very concerned." An almost identical share, 36 percent, said they were "not too concerned" or "not concerned at all."

More at link:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49212482

It's the rise of Skynet man! AI controlled drones; killers, hunting down Christians and dissenters to world order.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 119225 09-28-2012 09:24 PM

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:

AI controlled drones; killers, hunting down Christians and dissenters to world order.

Sounds like a plus.

**Kanigo2** lop guest User ID: 97971 09-28-2012 09:25 PM

51% of the people support drones!

(footnote; only police were polled in this questionnaire)

**Ghost of 51:50**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQUlr4Xc3s

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 124091 09-28-2012 09:36 PM

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQUlr4Xc3s

NO! To the death its that simple for me.

**Ghost of 51:50**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQUlr4Xc3s

NO! To the death its that simple for me.

I put that in this thread as a joke. A little 51:50 humor.

**Devout Agnostic**

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:

Nearly half the public, 44 percent, supports allowing police forces inside the U.S. to use drones to assist police work, but a significant minority — 36 percent — say they "strongly oppose" or "somewhat oppose" police use of drones, according to a survey last month.

When asked if they were concerned that police departments' use of drones for surveillance might cause them to lose privacy, 35 percent of respondents said they were "extremely concerned" or "very concerned." An almost identical share, 36 percent, said they were "not too concerned" or "not concerned at all."

More at link:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49212482

It's the rise of Skynet man! AI controlled drones; killers, hunting down Christians and dissenters to world order.

I'd really like to see the methodology of this poll.

300,000,000 americans / 30,000 drones = 10,000:1

**MuadDib987 (nli)**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:
AI controlled drones; killers, hunting down Christians and dissenters to world order.

Sounds like a plus.

Lol - yes, because Christians are such a massive threat to the status quo

Rolleyes

~~I┴∀NIW∩˥˥Iʞ~~

not scared and not skitzo like OP

**Omega** · **Omega**Ex-Moderator User ID: 58817 09-29-2012 12:13 AM **Posts: 21,040**

There are ways to beat drones.... and the cops won't have access to the real tech and payload packages the military uses...for quite some time...

They can't afford it....

**Ghost of 51:50**

Omega Wrote:

There are ways to beat drones.... and the cops won't have access to the real tech and payload packages the military uses...for quite some time...

They can't afford it....

Yeah. Shoot them down like Iran did that drone over that way. Of course they reverse engineered it and now have drones of their own.

**Omega** · **Omega**Ex-Moderator User ID: 58817 09-29-2012 12:17 AM **Posts: 21,040**

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:

Omega Wrote:
There are ways to beat drones.... and the cops won't have access to the real tech and payload packages the military uses...for quite some time...

They can't afford it....

Yeah. Shoot them down like Iran did that drone over that way. Of course they reverse engineered it and now have drones of their own.

Unlikely any civilian will be shooting one down-they can loiter out of range at high altitude...

And the tech is not THAT advanced-anyone with a good gps can rig up a remote control model plane ( the ones available now days are pretty advanced) and run the f*cker from an iPhone...

Damned

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 75561 09-29-2012 12:23 AM

Hummm, me thinks the ex wifes hired lacky with a camera equipped RC helo is more dangerous.

**DirtyAnnie** · (This post was last modified: 09-29-2012 12:39 AM by DirtyAnnie.)

Kanigo2 Wrote:

51% of the people support drones!

(footnote; only police were polled in this questionnaire)

63% of people say polls are bullshit
(footnote; only police were polled in this questionnaire)- LOL

**Ghost of 51:50**

Omega Wrote:

Ghost of 51:50 Wrote:
Omega Wrote:
There are ways to beat drones.... and the cops won't have access to the real tech and payload packages the military uses...for quite some time...

They can't afford it....

Yeah. Shoot them down like Iran did that drone over that way. Of course they reverse engineered it and now have drones of their own.

Unlikely any civilian will be shooting one down-they can loiter out of range at high altitude...

And the tech is not THAT advanced-anyone with a good gps can rig up a remote control model plane ( the ones available now days are pretty advanced) and run the f*cker from an iPhone...