Friday, February 5, 2016
Drones and Aerial Reconnaissance
This week I was spending time with a friend who was flying a miniature drone he had gotten for Christmas. While watching the little drone, I recalled a debate from my Anthropology class last quarter in which we discussed the issue of drones and if they are an invasion of privacy, and furthermore the debate of if they could ever be of use in everyday life by the government. From this, I recalled the recent topic in class about aerial reconnaissance, and its development in warfare. I thought about aerial reconnaissance and its methods such as drones, photography, and hot air balloons we learned about in class. I thought about how even though drones might be a controversial topic in modern times, these earlier methods were very significant in the development of warfare and just surveying in general.
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This definitely brings up a big topic of debate: the use of drones and whether or not it's an invasion of privacy. They're extremely useful for reconnaissance and surveying in general but they also certainly invade privacy. It's hard to necessarily argue either side. They can be super useful though, for example, my friend needed to map an aerial view of a property for an advertisement and her friend used his drone to do so
ReplyDeleteI think this is very interesting because it brings up the debate on how much power the government should have when it comes to spying and being able to invade our privacy. The increasing technology and the development of drones definitely brings into question whether we should be limiting access to these new types of technology.
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