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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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(Score: 2) by quadrox on Wednesday May 20 2015, @12:45PM
wow, what a load of un-insightful crap.
1) Thieves and burglars do what they do because it is easer than real work. This doesn't necessarily mean that they make more money than , but the smart ones probably will.
2) Why ever would the drone store any data about where it has been or something like that? At most you will find the last half hour of video that has been recorded (if it isn't live streamed), and that will only show you the approach to your house. And if you take the time to watch it, I'm quite sure the criminals will be long gone by then, since they will realize that the drone is no longer under their control.
Now sure, there might be some criminals that would completely mess it up - there are plenty of stupid criminals after all - but if I were you I would show more concerns towards the smarter criminals.