Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the "routine" monitoring of antisocial motorists, protesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers[1], in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance.On more thought, a powerful pulsed-laser may be a better countermeasure; just blind the stupid camera system. Still, it just amazes me no end how willing the Brits are to have the authorities watch their every move. I'm surprised that they haven't begun placing monitoring cameras in people's homes to detect reading illegal books or having illicit sex.
[1]A "fly-tipper" is an illegal waste dumper.
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