CHAPTER SIX: DRONES – A SEARCH AND RESCUE SOLUTION OR THE ALL-SEEING EYE IN THE SKY?
Now that you are considering Facebook or Twitter as a potential venue for cyber crime – imagine who could be watching from the sky above.
Perhaps one of the most pressing topics in contemporary technology is the advancement and expanding use of unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly referred to as UAVs or “drones.”45 The issues surrounding these pilotless aircraft involve questions of civilian privacy as well as security. Alongside the abundant controversy regarding American lethal UAVs in war zones abroad and their potential to harm innocents, comes the role of drones in non-martial activities, such as surveillance by state and local law enforcement within ...
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