As sales of drones increase so do privacy concerns
February 12, 2013
ABC6-Philadelphia
Brian Taff
In the last year, the sales of drones in this country have skyrocketed and not for use by police or the military. Increasingly, it is private citizens who are putting these eyes in the skies. The question is who's watching them?
On a frigid Saturday morning along the banks of the Delaware River, Steve Hindi was hot on the trail of what he calls a case of animal cruelty.
An animal rights activist in town from Chicago, Hindi came too far to let a privacy wall stop him from seeing the alleged activity which is why he brought along a drone.
Armed with a video camera and a powerful zoom, he hovered 400 feet over the subjects of his private investigation, seeing what they do without them ever knowing he's there.
"You want this. This is technology you want to develop," Hindi said.
It seems many agree.
