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Dr. Martin
English 1101-102
05/09/17
Privacy is a right that all people are deserving of but many do not have or is in jeopardy
due to the age of technology the people live in. With so many types of new technology coming
out and continuing to improve privacy is becoming more in jeopardy. Drones are becoming a
device that more people are able to attain and the accessibility has some worrying of some
privacy issues. Drones can fly in many different areas that many people are not able to reach due
to limitations and while some are equipped with cameras it makes it that more concerning to
know who is watching who. Even though it would be difficult to enforce, having a piece of mind
is what the people want and deserve and with drones causing privacy concerns they should have
Drones can travel in so many places and because of its ability to fly over buildings yet
having the ability to stay close to the ground and maneuvering around other things. Theoretically
a drone can go wherever the person controlling it wants it to go. This brings up a very concerning
issue about who is controlling them and their motives to use them. As of right now, Drones can
film, record sound or listen in on Wi-Fi and other signals, and no fence is high enough to keep
them out. (Froomkin 2). With the ability for drones to be able to go anywhere around someones
property with ease it is a frightening thought to think that someone has the capability to spy on
them if they would want to. One of the safest places people think about is their homes where
there is a lot more privacy and with drones that could take that right away from the people. The
issues with drones is not the fear that someone will listen in on somebodys worst kept secret.
People care more about the ease to get this information because, Instead of viewing privacy as
the secrets hidden away in a dark closet, they considered the issue as a matter of accessibility.
(Solove 5). Drones are just making it that much more accessible to get information on people
Drones ability to capture video and audio people have the ability to capture any moments
that they want and once they have them they can share it to the whole world. With the internet
having an endless amount of records anyone can put that information out there. So any type of
recording made by the drone of anything anyone has said or done can be put out for everyone to
see. While people will argue that this could lead to being able to get more honesty in news and
reporting in general (Calo 3). It borders that morality line since the way that the information is
being collected is sneaky. To add to that it could also lead to misleading information because the
operator can choose what they want to record and keep and what they do not. A different reason
for those recordings can be that people share personal information on the internet. With the
internet already knowing so much, Google seems to be everywhere and seems to know
everything and offends against the cherished notions of privacy. (Gleick 10). Since the internet
already has all this information on someone and drones having the ability to collect personal
information it is like anyone can keep a full record of anyone. But with the people, Our trouble
is not the over-all absence of smartness but the intractable power of pure stupidity, and no
machine, or mind, seems enough to cure that. (Gopnik 5). With so many people having the
ability to capture and share your information it becomes frightening who has the tools and what
People should be able to deter others from flying drones over their property because it is
just too much to expect people to respect others privacy. We can not expect everyone with a
drone to be responsible with them and it is only right to be able to protect the right of privacy. It
is only right, ...a person should retain some control over personal information that becomes
publicly available. This generation wants a say in how private details of their lives are
disseminated. (Solove 4). Drones are giving people the ability to make some of that personal
information public to the people. To help stop that and regain some of that control back is to be
able to stop drones from flying over privately owned property. There is little difference between
running across someones property by trespassing and having a little mini copter vehicle fly
slightly above the ground over your property (Froomklin 2). Drones are too much of a risk and a
problem to let roam around however the operator wants them to do and the best option is to let
them fly in public areas but draw the line in privately owned ones.
Many people believe that stopping drones from being able to roam around free would be
stippling many of the uses that a drone can have. Even though that can be the case it should also
be known that if someone wants to have a drone fly over their property they can let the operator
know that it is allowed. Other people that think it is a bad idea can also let it be known that way
people have the right to their choice. One of the big innovations for drone travel is a new type of
delivery system for companies to help deliver products to the consumer much faster (Froomklin
2). Even though it would be very beneficial the drones should not have that right to fly over
private property they should fly over public streets and ask the consumer if it is ok to let the
drone deliver their package if it means faster delivery times. It all comes down to choice and the
people have the right to block drones from their property to help protect their privacy.
Works Cited
Froomklin, A. Michael, and Ryan Calo. "Should You Be Allowed to Prevent Drones
from Flying over Your Property?" Wall Street Journal, 22 05 2016, pp. 1-4,
www.wsj.com/articles/
should-you-be-allowed-to-prevent-drones-from-flying-over-your-property-1463968981
Solove, Daniel J. "The End of Privacy?" Scientific American, Sept. 2008, pp.
1-7.
Gleick, James. "How Google Dominates Us." The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug.
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Gopnik, Adam. "The Information: How the Internet Gets Inside Us." The New
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