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Does Your Neighbor’s Drone Infringe on Your Privacy Rights?

Mar. 8, 2013 8:20am Christopher Santarelli

While weaponized drones against terrorists have taken up the lion’s share of the conversation in the media, this isn’t the only way in which drones push the boundaries of our rights. Most drones are armed with cameras and may be used for surveillance. As demonstrated by Anthony Cumia’s S800 HexiCopter, surveiling your neighbors is now a fairly easy proposition.

Questions regarding privacy rights and domestic drones have been raised before. On ‘Real News’ Thursday the panel discussed privacy expectations for domestic drone use: Will private drone ownership be the newest right under the second amendment? And what changes may need to be made to the law to adjust for new technology. Watch a clip below:

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hades3
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 7:47pm
My drone can shoot down your drone !

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- jlightning1
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:12pm
  What is the max magazine capacity for a drone? If a drone is black and it has a thumb hole would it be called an assault drone.. Just in case I will equip mine with a 12ga.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:20pm
  SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM THAT PICTURE OF THE US DRONE
  
  The Iron Cross on the wings and a Swastika on the tail. DHS now has its own air force.
  
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RetiredUSMC
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 5:14pm
Excellent target practice. Whitewing dove season is getting close…

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publicas
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 12:44pm
So, how many people here have ‘neighbours’ that never seem to get caught by the cops doing ‘bad’ things? Like people stopping by at all hours of the night, going to the ‘neighbours’ front door, pushing money through a mail slot and getting something in return? But the local cops, just never seem to be around and don’t wanna take the time to ‘investigate’. Well, now is your chance to get put an eye in the sky for less then $500 and turn the video over to the DA instead and get rid of those ‘neighbours’ and those lazy, bribe taking cops get whats coming to them too!

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- nichevo
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 1:12pm
  I was in a coffee shop the other day having a cup and minding my own businees and Obama tried to kill me with a drone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- Stndup2Tyranny
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 9:03am
  Except for that silly Constitution getting in the way…. As soon as you gather intelligence with the intent of turning over to the police, you are working as an agent of the state and violating your neighbors 4th Amendment rights. Grow a pair and deal with your neighbor. Stop wanting the state to fix your issues.
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:22am
Pump .177 rifle. FTW.

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- Ballot_Box_Revolution
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 12:05pm
  To a certain degree yes it (a neighbor’s drone) does infringe on privacy, but i do not fear drones from my neighbors as much as i do Gov, for the simple fact that my neighbor does not have authority to lock me in a cage and remove my freedom if he does not like what he sees.
  
  If neighbors did use drone to film your land without your consent it could/should not be used in court of law. Also because it is trespassing I can forcibly remove it from my airspace.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 12:21pm
  I’d call my neighbors drone,’skeet.’
  
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- blazen1_2
  Posted on March 9, 2013 at 2:28am
  Here’s a thought, you do not own your own airspace. If that were the case than aircraft could not fly in this country without clearance from all of the individuals that own it. That would make travel impossible. What you do in the privacy of your home is private. What you do in your front or backyard is the business of everyone around you.
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:20am
Texan’s is this texas??

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/texas-proposes-one-of-nations-most-sweeping-mobile-privacy-laws/

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- SamIamTwo
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 11:26am
  Don’t drone me bro!
  
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RamonPreston
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:40am
Does my skeet shooting practice on drones over my property interfere with my neighbors rights?

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- USAFRetired
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:55am
  Only if the pellets land in the yard and he is a liberal.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:12am
Paparazzi drone wars are on the way….

“Get your drone outta here, my drone was here first….”

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Unforeseen
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:02am
They’re are all fun and games until one gets sucked into the engine of a plane on approach or takeoff from the airport (were’re talking about the higher end models here)…

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- Unforeseen
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 10:26am
  As for privacy, mine will only be invaded when whomever owned the drone attempts to trespass on my property to recover its mangled carcass.
  
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jungle J
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:55am
The media and other criminal enterprises will use these to rape rob and pillage.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:42am
This drone thing will not end well in America.

Sure, it’ll start off benign enough (as it has). Then the evil ones will justify each foot down the slippery slope and there will be no will to resist it, just as with the boiled frog. America will someday become a complete police state and armed drones will lead the way to control its citizens. It is inevitable.

If you think that video was good, just wait. Wait until your neighbor has micro drones and flies one INSIDE your house without you even knowing. All this technology is a double-edged sword. For every good purpose, folks will exploit two bad ones.

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Walkabout
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:34am
How can you violate your neighbor’s privacy? Most of them have large windows & know not the use of curtains at night.

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tkey
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:23am
Absolutely it is an infringement on my right to privacy. It is no different than a person with binoculars across the street or some one walking up to a window. When I was a child I remember my father confronting a man looking into our windows at the point of a 30-30 . He held him for the police. They promptly escorted him to the edge of town and told him not to return. What ever happened to those days. Now we have to worry about neighbors drones. It seems a pellet gun might be in order.

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woodyee
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:02am
This was fascinating to listen to! Thanks to TheBlaze for giving me the opportunity to ‘sit at a table’ and listen to a group of INTELLIGENT folk hammer about an issue. Thanks again for presenting us with a different kind of eye-candy: whereas your common, liberal television fair is bimbo with a talent to read a teleprompter, Amy Holmes is beautiful AND has a brain – something men like me appreciate!

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:11am
  No doubt.Amy is smart,good looking AND intelligent.Blaze TV has all angles covered,thats for sure!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:18am
  Even a resident RINO!
  
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- Disgusted_150
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 5:55pm
  So an HD camera, on a drone, flying on my property, taking pictures of my house/inside my house is not a violation of my privacy? Weaponization aside, anything on the drone besides what makes it fly should be illegal. Ridiculous.
  
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- Disgusted_150
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:44pm
  I meant NOT flying on my property…a fairly modern camera mounted correctly can easily snoop in windows fairly far away…
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:58am
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If I can see it, I will shoot it……

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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:36am
  AMEN! They should be against the law in Urban Areas period and only allowed in Rural areas within a persons property. Too many bad people and unjust courts to trust this technology vs individual privacy rights.
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:39am
  yep – I thought they were skeet…. oops – sorry neighbor
  
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USAFRetired
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:52am
Please!!! launch one near my yard, I need some practice for pheasant season. Oh wait shot shell are too expencive. Slingshot and a rock will do nicely at low altitudes. Modify a microwave transmitter for the freq. used and use a pringles can antenna, aim and poof no more drone. After loosing a $1000+ drone, they might think twice about repeating the mistake.

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wilbstal
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:44am
These will be able to drop small bombs on Tryanical attackers if done right

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HOOT_OWL
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:36am
I see a business out of this ,maybe someone who does a daily/fly/over
On live internet feed , maybe it can function on some kind of two-way ru-ku device.
Time to ‘watch the watchers’ if you know what I mean.

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:54am
  Actually,.22 ,BB and pellet rifles sales should be strong.They are pretty much low -noise and I can’t wait to see somebody’s ‘drone’ fly in MY AIRSPACE.I live in the City..
  
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Joyzee
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:30am
No more Ankle Bracelet’ attach a Drone to criminals

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firman
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:30am
Sounds like a chance for some target practice. hehehe

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HOOT_OWL
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:29am
I suspect the only people that will have a melt down about this. are the eletist holly wood types ,
that do NOT want to be seen with-out their make-up.

Or maybe the marijuapreneur .

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sparkyrules
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:29am
For instance…The neighbors Wife likes to walk around in a bikini all Summer.In her PRIVATE back yard.I peeked through the fence.Okay.Now I go out and buy a $300 drone with video/audio and very much compatible with my I Phone,live pictures through the Internet,and recordable.

Stock up on 12 gauge birdshot.1 pellet will take that whirlybird down.

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Eastinfection
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:28am
My Obama-voting neighbor IS a drone & trespasses on my privacy all the time.

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- sparkyrules
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:58am
  Whats her name?Mary?…lol..
  
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- tkey
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:26am
  That is too good.
  
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justangry
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:25am
I can invision 100′s of private drones linked to the web flying over Jessica Alba’s home as we speak. Seriously, if private operators use them to piss off people of influence, the laws would quickly change.

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resme
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:24am
Yes, Only the state has the privilege to spy on your neighbors wife.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:31am
  “Vertical Real-estate” is the wave of the future. Pretty soon mortgages will start including cubic footage above your house….. before the State claims eminent domain on all the air on your property.
  
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- resme
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:51am
  “before the State claims eminent domain on all the air on your property.”
  
  True, Corporations already claim “mineral” rights under your property.
  
  Didn’t think of that east, Nice..
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on March 8, 2013 at 8:23am
if someone can stand on a ladder and watch your house, i see no reason why a camera cannot do the same thing

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