A Drone Could Be Tracking Your Vehicle

[Verdinut]

That Drone in the Sky Could Be Tracking Your Car

Police are using their drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), airborne police cameras that make it easier than ever for law enforcement to follow you. "The Flock Safety drone, specifically, are flying LPR cameras as well,” Rahul Sidhu, Vice President of Aviation at Flock...

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[trochetier]

SCOTUS ruled sometime ago - there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in public spaces.

If the drone is just taking pictures at one spot and one time then there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. However, if the following one specific car for for an extended period of time then it MAY be violating the expectation of privacy.

 

[lovinthehd]

LOL they're welcome to if they're that bored....

 

[ski2xblack]

I can already imagine the dudes at the local gun club concocting some sort of libertarian flavored scavenger hunt to see who can bag the most cop drones doing police-state poop, like high stakes sporting clays. If necessary, they'll call their shooting buddy who just happens to be the DA to have him drop any charges.

Those shooting clubs are filled to the brim with well connected, trigger-happy and bloodthirsty dentists, a force not to be trifled with!