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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by floxy on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @08:34PM (#27442868)
>People have already started committing crimes using quadcoptors

I'm interesting to know what kinds of crimes people are commiting with quadcopters. Is it more of a spying/industrial espionage thing? Or stealing Amazon packages off of people's doorsteps? Arsonists?

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by dogman144 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:54AM (#27448600)
Sorry, crimes is a too generic term!

Counter-drone fight in Iraq/Syria includes consumer drones dropping what are basically grenades.

Another recent example was a souped up quadcopter that scouted out a mil base in AZ and then outran a few LEO rotary wings recently. But, if it was that modified of a drone, it's possible other aspects of the connection/remote access were hardened as well.

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by ivankolev on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @11:58PM (#27444070)
I've heard of cross-border drug trafficking: https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/narcodrones-1809749...
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