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

[Bacon Zombie <baconzombie () gmail com>]

*Twitch **Plays* Super Bowl Drone needs to be a thing.
On 20 Jan 2016 17:43, "Scott Whyte" <swhyte () gmail com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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
> >
> > 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....