Using drones to watch on crime?

[Rev. Rye]

What do you think about having a drone high above the city that is taking high resolution photos every few seconds?
So that let's say someone gets his house robbed, police can trace back and watch it happening. Police wouldn't see robber's face but they could see him/ her as a dot going, getting in the car and then by tracing his/ her movements find out robber's identity.
I guess it could also be used to solve other cases like kidnapping people, missing children and old people...

But then again, I guess it could be used to invade other people's privacy. Especially if you're a celebrity or a politician, someone else could see where you are going and having meetings with.

Would that be a good thing or something you oppose?

I would like to point out that, if you're in a developed nation, there's probably a good chance that this is already happening. If you've left your house today, there's a very good chance some security camera has taken a picture of you.

And even worse, you remember "Shut Up and Dance?" That episode of Black Mirror where a kid gets spyware on his computer that records him jacking off to child porn? It turns out the FBI and CIA can do that at will. To be fair, contrary to popular beliefs, the CIA actually has some standards for when they may actually do it, and even the March 2017 Wikileaks leaks that confirmed that part. And, of course, they can't copy your hard drive like the episode suggests. And, of course, who can forget the time Edward Snowden revealed the NSA is spying on a billion people at any given moment? (And much of that info is just junk data, porn, and Youtube comments, but still.)

And, of course, there's still a lot of shit about how private companies can easily do the same shit:




Look up "surveillance state" and see how deep the rabbit hole goes. And bear in mind, a lot of the shit they collect is largely meaningless, and I'd be surprised if 0.0001% of the information they find can actually help stop crime. And, in my experience, when most people learn about it, they're not happy.