Look Up and Smile for Big Brother
Channel: New America
Date: 2013-05-09

Look Up and Smile for Big Brother

Daniel Rothenberg
Professor of Practice and Lincoln Fellow for Ethics and International Human Rights Law, ASU School of Politics and Global Studies

Catherine Crump
Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union

Moderator
Matt Wald
Technology Reporter, New York Times



Drones have become essential to the American way of war. They've given the military nearly constant surveillance from the sky, and allow for quick attacks from afar. And now, like countless other technologies forged in the heat of battle, drones are making their way to the home front, pressed into civilian service. Call them drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, or remote-control planes; these high-tech devices have appealed to Border Patrol and local law enforcement, but also to conservationists, journalists, hobbyists, and more. How do we decide who gets to have their own set of eyes in the skies? What does it mean for your privacy and safety if your neighbors get their own drone? 

http://newamerica.net/events/2013/the_drone_next_door