From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:37:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: New post. X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/b6a53c93375134c17832f490352f6a7750fb6b74?ds=sidebyside New post. --- diff --git a/blog/data/2013-11-21-drones.txt b/blog/data/2013-11-21-drones.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..687351a322 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/data/2013-11-21-drones.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +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 +The +kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot, where he suggested this +little gem to keep the good while limiting the bad use of drones:

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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.

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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.

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The key is that every citizen 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.