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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by arcticfox on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:14PM (#21021279)
There was the application of tracking vehicles for fighting crime that has been proposed. With enough data, you can "rewind" and "fast forward" time to see where criminals came from, who they coordinated with, etc.

All well and good as long as they're criminals... But there's nothing to ensure it's used for that. Imagine Uber God mode for all vehicles.

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by caf on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:48PM (#21022253)
Where's the commercial imperative in that, though? The challenge isn't to work out disturbing applications for this kind of aerial surveillance - that's easy - it's to work out profitable applications that would cause a business to want to invest in it.
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