Google head worried about privacy risk posed by civilian drones
Found on Arstechnica on Sunday, 14 April 2013
In a subscribers-only interview published Saturday in The Guardian, Google chairman Eric Schmidt called for increased regulation for non-military and non-law enforcement uses of drones.
"How would you feel if your neighbor went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their backyard,” he said. “It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"
How would you feel if a company drives around and bought commercial observation cameras that mount on cars? They just drive around in your city all day. How would you feel about it? How would you feel if a company builds a profile of everything you do online to sell this information to advertisers? Google is the last one who who should complain about excessive monitoring.