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Hi everyone! Recently I've read an article made by Francis Fukuyama about the surveillance drone he created by himself. Is it hard to make such drone and what can I do to protect myself from such drone? |
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Hi Curtis! Yeah, Francis Fukuyama made really nice surveillance drone for himself. It is very impressive because he started from simple models of remote controlled helicopters and now he has the quadcopter. In his article he explained that quadcopters are better to use if you want not just fast and maneuverable drone but easy to control and steady flying surveillance UAV that will not be crashed as frequently as helicopters. You know, the repairs take money and time :) But having such drone is cool from the perspective of the owner but there are many other people around. If this surveillance drone has been made by a nice person like Francis Fukuyama, you have nothing to worry about. But if such surveillance UAV is made and used by bad guys with tech skills, it can do a lot of harm. For example, it can carry small video camera that can record a video with some parts of your private life which you want to remain private. As long as such surveillance drone can be easily built by anyone who has some skills in electronics and uses cheap equipment, just imagine how many UAVs like that can appear in the nearest future. Considering that they would probably have video recorders instead of modern video cameras, you can't stop them from making a video. The only way you can protect yourself from such simple yet effective surveillance drone is to block the signal of RC drone remote control thus making it lose control and crash shortly. |
