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Drones
Have you ever seen a drone? How come these miniature helicopters are allowed to fly
around? Are we safe? Are our lives still private? Do you wonder where they fly on our
homeland? As of recently, the White House is in preparation to request information relating to
the flying of drones in the United States. This information will provide details on what data is
collected during the aerial surveillance. This executive order has not been signed yet, but when
it is, it will require government agencies to reveal details that have been largely kept under
wraps. Of course we wont be given information relating to the military drones, but this is a
start. Chris Calabrese, a legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union stated that
they are unsure as to how aerial surveillance will be used. While Congress is unsure what the
federal government has seen in the air and what extent drones have been used for. In many
instances, data collected from drones is relayed to law enforcement agencies. A detailed report
has been requested to explain what policies are in place when sharing this data; however, the
Defense Department has yet to reveal. While many drones are secretly flying around scanning
the country, drones are now making their way to Hollywood. On September 25, 2014 the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), approved requests from six Hollywood filmmakers to fly small
camera-equipped drones on movies sets. This is the first time drones will be used in crowded
areas. Drones have overwhelmingly became suspect for spying. So, should we feel more relaxed
with a report, or still on the edge? The people will have to pressure the government for a detailed
report on all the secrecies because the FAA has plans to open the skies to drones of all kinds.
When I used Google to find a topic on Drones I discovered the article, White House
Plans to Require Federal Agencies to Provide Details about Drones. When I used Yahoo I
discovered the article, My First Experience with a Follow-Me Drone. In researching these
articles I have always been biased towards Google. I rarely use Yahoo as a search engine, unless
its to check my email or read articles on their homepage. The article My First Experience with
a Follow-Me Drone written by John Brandon, a writer for the well-known new station, Fox
News, shared his experience with a drone. This article was written on September 26, 2014, with
consistent relevancy to the headlines about drones. The article has not been updated since, so the
author feels confident in his studies about drones recently. John said exactly what is expected
due to the emerging technology of drones and their ability to fly around and pull information. At
first the article was biased when John said, a chill went down my spine. However, by the end
of the article he was leaning to iPhones being a bigger threat to privacy. In my opinion, the
article is trustworthy. I have seen a drone before and I can admit that it is quite eerie at first, but I
agree that social media ruins private lives. This article was able to inform the reader and possibly
persuade people that their phones are more threatening to your private life than a drone above
your head.
I was able to research more information on drones by using the CCBC research database,
ProQuest Central. The keywords I used were drones and privacy. The first article that stood out
to me was, UNCHARTED TERRITORY: THE FAA AND THE REGULATION OF
PRIVACY VIA RULEMAKING FOR DOMESTIC DRONES. The second article was,
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Confronting the New Frontier in Privacy Rights: Warrantless Unmanned Aerial Surveillance. I
found that using a search engine was tremendously easier than using a research database. With a
search engine I was provided with an unlimited amount of pages. With a database it was strictly
based on my keywords and if any scholarly journals were written. All five articles had the same
information pertaining to drones. All articles referenced the FAAs huge part in the act of drones.
Drones are seen as a warrantless act of stealing private information from our daily lives. Both
scholarly journals referenced the law in there publication. This shows that both of the authors
have an educational background in the legislative process in the country. In the end, I can infer
that many individuals are not completely for drones. We all try to live our lives privately, but
unfortunately its hard to accomplish this in the year 2014.


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MLA Format
Barbee, Melissa. "UNCHARTED TERRITORY: THE FAA AND THE REGULATION OF
PRIVACY VIA RULEMAKING FOR DOMESTIC DRONES." ProQuest Central.
American Bar Association, Apr.-May 2014. Web. 4 Oct. 2014.
<http://search.proquest.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/docview/1544869927/CD867BE66F43
418EPQ/1?accountid=3784>.
Brandon, John. "My First Experience with a 'follow-me' Drone." Fox News. FOX News
Network, 26 Sept. 2014. Web. 02 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/09/26/my-first-experience-with-follow-me-drone/>.
"The Future of Drones: Technology vs. Privacy." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 14 Mar. 2014.
Web. 04 Oct. 2014. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-future-of-drones-technology-vs-
privacy/>.
Schoen, Michael J., and Michael A. Tooshi. "Confronting the New Frontier in Privacy Rights:
Warrantless Unmanned Aerial Surveillance." ProQuest Central. American Bar
Association, 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 4 Oct. 2014.
<http://search.proquest.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/docview/1349166733/7DD711203677
4BF3PQ/4?accountid=3784>.
Whitlock, Craig. "White House Plans to Require Federal Agencies to Provide Details about
Drones." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 26 Sept. 2014. Web. 04 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-plans-to-require-
federal-agencies-to-provide-details-about-drones/2014/09/26/5f55ac24-4581-11e4-b47c-
f5889e061e5f_story.html>.