Discussion 9: Unmanned Air craft systems

Please answer the following questions, state the question and then the answer underneath. 1. There are many news reports about military use of robotic drones, often referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). These remote control drones are now being used for border security, and also for US civilian surveillance, by law enforcement and by other citizens. They may even start delivering pizza. Read the article found in your reserved readings entitled “Unmanned aircraft systems: Surveillance, ethics and privacy in civil applications”, and consider the good and bad effects of policy to regulate mobile devices and data for surveillance of US citizens. For national security reasons, should government license civilian operators or allow them to remain anonymous? Describe several possible effects on national security if a robotic drone purchased by a civilian is outfitted with weapons. What do you think abbout the FAA's proposed regulations? 2. What are possible consequences for privacy or safety of civilians if data transmissions or video data that are gathered by surveillance (private or government) are transmitted through the Internet in unencrypted format, or if that data or related meta-data are stored in the cloud indefinitely? Who should own or monitor data and pictures of YOU that are gathered by surveillance? Should the private sector own the meta-data about you that are collected without your knowledge?