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+Title: All drones should be radio marked with what they do and who they belong to
+Tags: english, surveillance, robot, sikkerhet
+Date: 2013-11-21 15:40
+
+Drones, flying robots, are getting more and more popular.  The most
+know ones are the killer drones used by some government to murder
+people they do not like without giving them the chance of a fair
+trial, but the technology have many good uses too, from mapping and
+forest maintenance to photography and search and rescue.  I am sure it
+is just a question of time before "bad drones" are in the hands of
+private enterprises and not only state criminals but petty criminals
+too.  The drone technology is very useful and very dangerous.  To have
+some control over the use of drones, I agree with Daniel Suarez in his
+TED talk
+<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot.html">The
+kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot</a>, where he suggested this
+little gem to keep the good while limiting the bad use of drones:</p>
+ 
+<blockquote>
+
+<p>Each robot and drone should have a cryptographically signed
+I.D. burned in at the factory that can be used to track its movement
+through public spaces. We have license plates on cars, tail numbers on
+aircraft. This is no different. And every citizen should be able to
+download an app that shows the population of drones and autonomous
+vehicles moving through public spaces around them, both right now and
+historically. And civic leaders should deploy sensors and civic drones
+to detect rogue drones, and instead of sending killer drones of their
+own up to shoot them down, they should notify humans to their
+presence. And in certain very high-security areas, perhaps civic
+drones would snare them and drag them off to a bomb disposal facility.</p>
+
+<p>But notice, this is more an immune system than a weapons system. It
+would allow us to avail ourselves of the use of autonomous vehicles
+and drones while still preserving our open, civil society.</p>
+
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>The key is that <em>every citizen</em> should be able to read the
+radio beacons sent from the drones in the area, to be able to check
+both the government and others use of drones.  What should such beacon
+contain?  At least formal owner, purpose, contact information and GPS
+location.  Probably also the origin and target position of the current
+flight.  And perhaps some registration number to be able to look up
+the drone in a central database tracking their movement.  Robots
+should not have privacy.  It is people who need privacy.</p>