Asking for a friend

from here and here

In an apparent case of life imitating art, the satirical conspiracy theory "Birds Aren't Real" has started to become real as scientists are turning dead birds into surveillance drones. Not only is this sure to bake a few brains, it's probably going to put actual birds in danger of being shot, which in turn will make them fodder for the avian surveillance apparatus.

The last thing a drone sees on the battlefield

found on Izismile

I wonder how it works. I imagine it's sending some kind of energy but is it frying the drone's electronics or just interfering with the control signal so that the drone operator can no longer tell it where to go?

Shhh... Be vewy, vewy quiet

from here and here

It's been a long time coming but Amazon Prime Air is finally coming to a backyard near some folks in Lockeford, California. Sure there are already other drone delivery pilot programs, but I'm not sure they'll be able to hold a candle to the amount of online retail business Amazon does. So I think we'll have to wait for Amazon's service to take off before we see a major shift in the modus operandi of porch pirates. Will we start calling them prime pirates? Who knows, but taking out a drone before it gets anywhere near someone's house seems like a win for thieves (especially when you see what they've done to shipping trains), so I have no doubt that it's going to become open season on delivery drones.

The Spear Of Privacy

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Who needs fancy anti-drone equipment or specially trained birds of prey when a well aimed stick can take an invasive, unwanted drone out of the sky?

I'm sure that cuts down the protest(er)s

found on Acid Cow

When authorities known for abusing their power start riding around in vehicles surrounded by spinning blades, it's time to get the heck out of there.

What warnings about government surveillance sound like to some people

found on HugeLOL

When reality sounds like a conspiracy theory it's no wonder people become more open to believing in conspiracy theories. 

Letting Amazon record your comings and goings

from here and here (image source one, two, and three)

Letting a Ring camera fly around inside your home is pretty invasive, much more so than just having a camera at your front door, and it makes one wonder what's next?

(I know the last image isn't actually of a butt plug with a camera in it, but it certainly looks like it could be that)

And you can get them at your local pet store

from here and here (image source)

It's nice to know that ordinary citizens can still find ways to defend themselves against technology that's used against them.

Kids follow boat thieves with drone

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Technology can certainly be empowering, and this is a prime example and it shows that ordinary people (kids even) now have the power to do something that previously you would have only heard of the police doing - that is take off in pursuit of a criminal from the air. They didn't need a helicopter or a licensed pilot or any of the other resources associated with police choppers, they just needed a high-tech toy.