Drone Snooping

Farmers and ranchers today have access to new agriculture technologies that were once simply a sci-fi dream-drones soaring across corn fields, genetically modified crops growing with fewer pesticides and real-time soil monitoring. Technology and innovation are the future of farming and the American Farm Bureau Federation is working to help rural entrepreneurs pave the way. 

 

The 2016 Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge, now in its second year, provides opportunities for individuals to showcase business innovations being developed in rural regions of the U.S.

Quinn Jackson is the IT manager for a company called Land Beauty and was showcasing some drone technology at a recent meeting. I asked him if he had concerns regarding privacy and drone snooping. “ Tough question. So yes that is a concern. Privacy issues, I think it should be the same application as current laws, if you were to spy on your neighbor, or if you were to go on private property, the same laws should apply. You shouldn't be able to go over someone's field or be able to watch someone covertly without having a warrant or the police involved. There should be some rules set in place. I think the FAA is moving forward on that, being able to protect the citizens of the nation so that we are not being spied on by drones because it can easily happen with these drones.”

 

Call me a fool but I believe Mr. Jackson speaks for all of us in that particular regard.