Re: ICYMI: FBI looking into LA fiber cuts, Super Bowl

[Scott Whyte <swhyte () gmail com>]

On 1/20/16 08:25, Naslund, Steve wrote:
> Helicopters near the Super Bowl are cleared to be there and are flown by vetted professional pilots.  A human pilot in a helicopter 
> presumably has some kind of qualification to be there while a drone (although I don't like that word) could be flown by any moron 
> with a couple hundred bucks.  I also think the government is going completely overboard with the "drone threat" but in the 
> case of the Super Bowl, there should definitely be a reasonable restriction on drone flights, ANY flight for that matter.  I think 
> reasonable drone pilots would agree with that.
Can't wait for autonomous drones in the $50 range.  And the autonomous 
counter-drones.
> Steven Naslund
> Chicago IL
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> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:46 AM
> To: Rafael Possamai
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: ICYMI: FBI looking into LA fiber cuts, Super Bowl
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> On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:41:31 -0600, Rafael Possamai said:
> > I fail to see how drones relate to fiber cuts and the superbowl. Did
> > the article author just throw that in there? The news helicopter
> > getting aerial footage also poses a risk, so not sure what's special about drones.
> Drones don't cost $200 per hour to keep in the air, and they're not as obvious as a helicopter.  So it becomes a lot 
> easier to get in there and grab some unauthorized video....