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Re:Drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave l... by pathseeker on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @05:23AM (#21877922)
>No reason to be concerned as long as local laws are being followed

Well unless you care about privacy, the potential for stuff crashing on you/your property, and/or noise pollution.

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Re:Drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave l... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @09:33AM (#21878620)
I wonder about that given recent news ( https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/12/20/baltim... ).

Myabe law enforcement feels left out of the game.

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Re:Drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave l... by wyattpeak on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @08:31AM (#21878415)
Requiring people to explain their lawful activity in the name of privacy is something of a contradiction.
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Re:Drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave l... by eropple on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @11:00AM (#21878984)
How does that scan? Other people’s privacy should supersede your public behavior.
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Re:Drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave l... by wyattpeak on Wednesday December 25, 2019 @12:14PM (#21879380)
Perhaps I'm wrong to frame it as a privacy issue, but I have a large problem with allowing people to be harassed for lawful actions. If the law says I can do something, and I do it, I shouldn't be required to explain why I did it.

I have no problem with people not wanting drones flying over their properties, and I have no problem with a collective decision that people's privacy should supersede the right to fly drones in public airspace (indeed, I'd probably agree with it). But that should be enforced by a change in law, not by an demand that someone justify their supposedly legal actions.

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