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on Wednesday May 20 2015, @12:15AM
from the flying-internet-of-cypherpunk-criminals dept.
from the flying-internet-of-cypherpunk-criminals dept.
Burglars in the UK are sending unmanned drones over houses in order to identify potential targets, police have warned. Suffolk Constabulary confirmed it had received at least one report of drones being used by burglars for surveillance of properties ("casing the joint"). Paul Ford, secretary of the Police Federation National Detectives Forum, said: "Drones can be noisy and very visible so hopefully criminals risk giving themselves away. If members of the public observe drones being used in areas which make them suspicious they should contact police using the 101 non-emergency number to report it."
Why not just shoot them down? "Oops I thought it was a bird." The task can surely be automated. Obligatory xkcd.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by redneckmother on Wednesday May 20 2015, @03:56AM
Sorry that you folk surrendered your rights, and firearms. Perhaps you'll take a page from the American Rovolution? :-)
Mas cerveza por favor.
(Score: 1) by redneckmother on Wednesday May 20 2015, @03:59AM
s/Rovolution/Revolution/
Too much Stout - sorry.
Mas cerveza por favor.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @07:27AM
You mean, surrendering your rights but keeping the firearms?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @05:27PM
The US Constitutional right to bear firearms is only for the purposes of being the militia. You'd know that if you'd ever read the thing.