Drones: Viable Support Machine Or Mechanical Creeper?

Okay, so that’s obviously just wishful thinking, but it’s important to remember that even though drones hate Enrique Iglesias and have been known to drop the occasional bomb on somebody, they’re just another piece of technology. Just like there are good witches and there are bad witches, there are good drones, bad drones, and then there are the best drones. Best drones are basically just like humans, only they’re trapped in the body of a machine. Just like us, best drones like to spend their time chilling out, soaking up the sun, and taking lots of selfies – only because they’re the best, they don’t want to take selfies of themselves, they only want to take selfies of you. Isn’t technology just the best sometimes?

Still, drones are a form of invasion of privacy but used in moral awareness will keep fellow citizens safe. I think that law enforcement should use drones to overlook people who have previously broken the law or invaded someone’s privacy. Drones can help America protect its privacy by looking out for potential threats while not invading the innocent American lives. I think congress should consider that drones keep a tab on certain criminals who have committed dangerous crimes, to a certain degree.The Supreme Court cases shown in “Right to Privacy” cases were about personal decisions that invaded an individual’s privacy. Cases such as Kelley v Johnson, Roe v Wade and Griswold v Connecticut presented how the government was being controlling of an individual’s personal decision. For example, in the Griswold v Connecticut, a Connecticut law criminalized the encouragement or use of birth control. The 1879 law said if "any person who uses any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purposes of preventing conception shall be fined not less than forty dollars or imprisoned not less than sixty days." This case was not brought to the U.S.

When the topic of drones is brought up, some may think they are not among us and are objects of the future, while others may have one that they’ve built themselves and put to use already. Drones are being talked about more and more but not necessarily all for good reasons. The reading titled “From the Eyes of a Drone” by Tomas van Houtryve touches upon how drones affect surveillance, photography, and use for weapons. In a BBC article, “Drones: What Are They and How Do They Work?” the author goes into specific detail on how the United States is planning to use drones for the military. If regular drone use becomes a normality in society, it is true that amazing photography will be a positive outcome but what about privacy? Drones can aid the military as well, but if they are released for the general public to use on the daily things may get out of control. While drones can impact several aspects of life positively, they can create even more harm than one may think.

A drone flying around can be seen as nothing but harmless when flying around a public area. Though, a drone pilot may have other intention. For example, the pilot can use this to understand the behavior of people for the benefit of his or her company. While that may seem okay, just imagine if that data is used to manipulate you. Limiting your choices enables companies from losing profit. When profits are the only that matters for companies, it can be surprising what companies can do to achieve it. In fact, more kinds of information are likely to be unearthed by more companies in an attempt to profile individuals and groups more and more specifically (Chayko, p.221). Most importantly, nothing is stopping them from using the drones to collect this

Drones are in the everyday use of civilians and in the use of military to help prevent acts of terrorism and bring criminals to justice. Many drones have cameras built on them making versatile tools.The camera can be used to record something the human eyes is unable to see, or used for tracking many different things. This technology has gone from being used for only military use, to use by civilians for entertainment and business purposes. Supporters of drone usage believe drones will only continue to be apart of society. Their popularity will continue to grow and become mainstream. Although drones can do all these good things, they also have some downsides. Drones have been proven to be ineffective and unreliable at times. Drones will always

"The thought of government drones buzzing overhead and constantly monitoring the activities of law –abiding citizens runs contrary to the notion of what it means to live in a free society" says senator Charles Grassley on a topic that is in very high controversy (Quattlebaum1).Having the sanctity of our own privacy in households and backyards is an entitlement that we all are gifted with, but many people are having that privacy tarnished with a new creation sweeping the country-Drones. Domestic use of drones is raising concerns about privacy and fourth amendment violations in many states and cities. Privacy is only one of the concerns of these drones.Many drones are found crashing into buildings and trees and are considered a huge safety hazard

From long ago, many people have dreamed of the concept of machines fighting for and against man in battles of awesomeness and gore in the macabre cycle of war. Honor and brilliance would be awarded for the excellence of these things, or disdain, rage, and fear could shine a light over them. The use of drones of the United States for the military is controversial, as some say that it makes circumstances safer for civilians and soldiers alike, while ridding countries in agreeance of networks of terrorists and threatening militants such al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban. Others will state that drones are detrimental to the well-being of the general public and causes more terrorists to rise from the dust (Drones). Albeit there are conflicting

Bill Gates once said, “Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.” In this quotation, it can easily be seen that Bill Gates can foresee a better future for society as technology advances. The era of technological advances has impacted many industries to expand into the new market. Drones have become one of the most important technological advancements to change the world completely. A drone is a remote-less controlled unpiloted aircraft or missile. The impact goes beyond the traditional battlefield and changes the very concept of war itself. However, this advancement in technology has sprung a huge debate, ‘The Great Drone Debate.’ As technology improves, society

Although pilots are still being used, the United States military is starting to use drones more and more, because drones are the next step to aerial warfare, and the next step to winning wars. The United States military is smart for using drones. The reason is because if they use drones it means that the percentage of completed missions are more likely to go up, because the drones are more precise on hitting their target or gathering intel such as pictures, where the enemy is, and much more. Using drones also lowers the casualties for soldiers deaths, and civilian deaths. Drones have less of a chance to kill civilians, it has been proven that drones are more precise on hitting the intended target, but that does not mean that drones don't kill civilians, they are just less likely to kill civilians than manned aircraft. Although drones cost a lot of money to build and to be able to fuel them and keep them in the air, they are going to make our country more safe, protect more soldiers lives, and help end wars. These drones have much work that needs to be done to them, but they are slowly but surely advancing into modern day and becoming the next big thing. The biggest thing that needs to be done to help advance these drones onto the next level, is training pilots better on how to fly and control them and keep control of them. It’s different flying a real airplane verses a drone behind a computer screen, it’s a lot more difficult. It has come to a conclusion and down to facts that drones will be the future of aerial

Civil drones cause a problem to pilots when flown to high or too close to and airfield,an easy solution is you would need to get a registration for it just like fishing. Terrorist groups can get there hands on drones very easily and they will have bad intentions with them some drones have the ability to carry things if they strike on someplace there will be no identification because there are no bodies,the US government could track the serial number of the drone if they can find the remains of the drone. Another problem with the people using drones are privacy some people are concerned about their privacy because of the cameras, there could be a law that if you have a drone it can only be used on public land or your own land. There have been reports about drones falling out of the sky and landing on people, this happens because the store bought drones only stay up in the air for about 30 min and some have sharp wings. The manufactures of these drones could make wing guards to put on the drone so the wings don't cut people, also there should be an alarm on them to notify the bystander with an alarm on it that goes off when battery is about to go out so there will be no injury. Drones are very similar to different machines; but how are they

All the reasons why not to put the use of drones in place all relate in some way to the well-being of civilians, as would the justifications of why they should be equipped. What the civilians know from the government’s public announcements and private decisions, how the killings done by drones affect the people, to the quintessence of their security are all important and connected to each other. That said, “More than 87 countries own some type of surveillance or attack drone, changing the way nations conduct war and threatening to begin a new arms race as governments scramble to counterbalance their adversaries” (Drones). More than ever, there is a race worldwide to come with the better machine—the mechanical soldier to fight for its country. Safety of civilians come with this, as if one country were to attack with drones, one of the only ways to counter that for the people’s sake is with the invaded country’s own drones. Iran, in 2010, revealed its own drone, the initial armed one at that, and China itself exhibited “twenty-five drone models,” with six-hundred and eighty drone programs of development in play by governments, research institutes, and companies globally in 2011 in comparison to the mere one-hundred and ninety-five in 2005 (Drones). “The Teal Group, a defense-consulting firm, estimated in June 2013 that the global market for the research, development, and procurement of armed drones would nearly double over the next decade from $5.2 billion annually to $11.6 billion”(Drones). Of course, another note is that “In a process that the experts call ‘monopoly erosion’, drone use is spreading fast, confirming that they are becoming the new

Three-thousand deaths have resulted in drone attacks and only 1.5 percent of these deaths were “high profile” personnel. Out of these deaths about 20 percent were either civilian or children. This statistic only accounts for the known drone attacks since the government keeps information of these killing secured (Galliott, Jai, and Bradley Strawser). When drones were first invented its intensions were mainly for surveillance. Over the years they have been modified and upgraded to perform tasks that can even match manned aerial vehicles which leads to the first argument for drones. With the use of drones it limits the amount of soldiers in dangerous situations. Drones are controlled by a pilot that sits in a safe command room with a high

Drones are extremely invasive from a privacy standpoint, especially when carrying cameras. The pilot can be miles away from the drone, and still able to see everything private citizens do in the comfort of their own home. This idea of lack of privacy, especially in the United States where privacy is a legal, constitutional right, is very frightening to many.

Drones are, not a new technology, it has been used by the government for surveillance and to attack other countries. Now they are being used by the everyday man for recreational purpose, and companies use them to deliver packages. With all the attention this technology is getting, only has few laws have taken into account on how they can be dangerous and even fewer have addressed the many problems that come with it. Drones are vehicles and can be dangerous not only in the wrong hands but in everyday accidents. Drones need to have limits to what they can do, and where they can fly. They are vehicles and are required to be registered, so it's reasonable that if they have to be registered that we have certain laws on the drones to protect the

“State lawmakers approved a bill this year that specifies that flying a drone over or near any house, occupied vehicle or other place where one may reasonably expect to be safe from uninvited intrusion or surveillance is a form of harassment that could be considered stalking”(Fifield). In accordance with the previous statement “Since of 2013, 12 laws related to privacy protections from other residents, 21 laws imposing restrictions on law enforcement and 13 laws imposing criminal penalties on drone misuse, such as stalking, according to NCSL” (Fifield). During that time, the number of drones in use is skyrocketing, especially for personal use. “As of May, there were about 459,400 registered drones for hobbyists and about 8,400 registered drones for non-hobbyists in the U.S., according to the Federal Aviation Administration's online database. That compares to 325,000 in February, when the FAA first released the data”(Fifield). As technology changes, with law enforcement often getting their hands on new technology privacy-related bills will keep coming. According to Fifield, “bills were proposed in at least 18 states this year that would have restricted law enforcement's use of license plate readers. And Illinois passed a law that will restrict law enforcement's use of stingrays, cellphone surveillance devices that can be used to collect locations and identifying information of cellphones in the area”. Overall, this article explains in great detail the issue which is