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drone laws requiring an operator license and drones to broadcast a unique id traceable back to it's operator.
and if you patch the drone firmware or build one yourself, it's still trackable via radio signal triangulation to the controller's position.
You can fly the drone without a license in secret, and the law only requires that you scribble the ID somewhere on the craft -- something you do not need to do if flying for clandestine purposes.
Not all drone's fly via radio, many use direct WiFi connections which can be completely spoofed over 3G proxies so that the drone and operator aren't in direct contact with one another
Why aren’t we under attack all the time btw
https://youtu.be/O-2tpwW0kmU
Lil 8min scary film from 2017; Wiki, Slaughterbots
I saw that short film years ago and it still sticks with me. Back then it seemed possible but the tech wasn't quite there, now we see it in use.
most bought drones also transmit it wirelessly too
yes, the toy ones, once you get 10m away you aren't controlling that drone anymore, let alone recieving pictures
once you start introducing the internet the lag becomes unbearable, and also phone towers are aimed at the ground, not at the sky, so you'd get shit reception anyways
Tell that to these guys:
https://github.com/uavpal/beboptwo4g/wiki/faq#latency
For more staged setups, there's always MAVproxy
very cool stuff, i stand corrected