this could only be stupider if they said AI would be used to deploy the drones
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Lol wasn't that like a I did a thing video?
LOL they’re using the DJI Video system on those drones. The antennas are DJI.
And that is the absolute worst thing they could have used. DJIs wall penetration sucks ass and since schools are typically built sturdier than regular houses, they’ll have 2 rooms of nice image that turn into a blocky Minecraft mess right after. They should have gone with a high power analog system since that would give the best wall penetration.
Also, they only recently allowed BVLOS flights in the USA - might be for these things only.
To add to that: those drones can be hacked, but only if you press the WiFi button on the drone itself, since it deactivates that when powered on normally; or if you connect it via USB. Also, if they control it via remote - the DJI remote is worse than ELRS. A 868 ELRS module would be better penetration wise but worse for latency. You can’t hack ELRS remotely, since they are secured via passphrase. If your passphrase is "I don’t like where this is going", you need to install that on the drone and the controller. Any drone with that phrase can be controlled with any controller using that phrase.
Also, the drone in the picture is likely a 3“ cinewhoop. Those are made for lift, not for speed. But even then, the maximum weight of one of those would be 1200 grams. Looking at the pictures, 600 grams could be the battery and about 200 the drone, that leaves 400 grams for deadly things.
these drones are gonna end up killing unarmed kids.
The US government loooves to kill unarmed kids
Right? We're gonna use drones to kill unarmed kids, without the expense of having to ship stuff to a different country. It's like a 60% off coupon for your favorite hobby, Uncle Sam is creaming himself in anticipation.
I was always terrified of Robocop when I was a kid. What a strange world we live in..
the drones were equipped with pepper rounds plus a glass breaker
That's still terrible to be at a school but I bet it would be a hell of a lot of fun to play around with. Like aerial battle bots.
How is there not a drone version of battle bots yet
Aerial combat vehicles don't take hit that well.
It’s funny how much they do just to circumvent gun control.
Yeah, let's push for gun control as the fascists are taking over! Wonderful idea!
Some of these jackasses are so brainwashed they're still worried about the thing the masters told them to worry about for decades.
Fucking hilarious quote here:
"It's a bit like that movie The Matrix, where the agent can jump into the nearest person and immediately be good to go. We're a little bit like that—but we're the good guys," he added.
Oh yeah so it's kinda like the terrifying dystopian surveillance nightmare where people are oppressed at all times by an omnipresent, invincible, untouchable outer force that compels them to unquestionably follow the path laid out for them in life by their masters. But like, in a good way!
What actually happens to people who's body is taken by the agent in the matrix? They can't be not dead, right? This makes it even better.
Next headline reads "armed drones were hacked and lead to worst systematic school shooting in history"
Yay! Bullied tech nerds no longer have to bring their own gun! That's convenient for them.
Hacks drone, oops. Let's stick with metal detectors and guards
Someone will absolutely take this as a challenge.
I bet my ass those drones will have more backdors and vulnerabilities than a public square camera. This shit will be hacked by a kid with kali linux and a hoodie in no time.
You know how most school shootings can be stopped in the US? Safe storage laws. Most of the time the shooter is an underage kid who got access to their parents' guns and went to shoot up the school. Obviously it wouldn't stop shit like Uvalde and Sandy Hook. But it would still stop a fuckload of smaller shootings we don't hear about because they are background noise at this point.
Safe storage laws, licenses and responsibility for anything that happens with your gun. No public carry laws. Removal of gun owning rights for people that commit violent or drug related crime. These are like the bare minimum needed to have a society with guns.
Police vists for people acting unhinged online and check they dont have any illegal weapons. Different classes of licenses with increased scruity.
Next mass shooting headline: Bullied nerd hacks armed drones in school to extract bloody revenge.
How would you enforce such a law? Sounds like all they would do would be to allow you to prosecute people after the fact.
Yes, and when people realize it is being enforced they will do it more.
Also add the cavet that if a gun is stolen and misused by a member of the household, they would be liable for whatever actions were taken. This putting them on the hook for the shooting, too.
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So will these drones be paid for by a gun sales tax or will they just cut more social services?
I feel like someone is going to hack one of these and then do a school shooting
You bet your ass. You think with Big Balls storing millions of people's data on unsecure servers and Las Vegas being slammed with a hack that would make Hollywood claim is unrealistic means there will be script kiddies ready with pre-made hacks that would make them kill people. This is cyberpunk 2077 level shit.
WFH
I get more and more grateful to be born in Europe. The US is a real life satire fever dream at this point.
The measurement unit is what got me
Too many guns leads to weekly school shootings.
US: We need more guns!
it's like the Onion. it's really like the Onion. some of these you go, "hah ! could be the onion !" but this one, it really ought to be the Onion
With more than 60 school shooting incidents reported in Florida alone since 2018, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, educators and lawmakers have urgently sought innovative approaches to school safety.
No. No you haven't because every mindless idiot can fix this problem within a minute, had they have the interest to do so
BAN GUNS!
Aaaaaand problem solved.
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As always, the American answer is more guns!
anything but do something about the guns. SMH
It is funny how americans think that more guns will prevent gun violence. Then again, they think that more pills will prevent drug problem.
Honestly there are aspects about this that I like. In the vein of bomb defusal robots being obviously good. But with, you know, current politics and our chronic issues, it just feels sinister.
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