I walked into Home Depot yesterday to buy a saw blade. The tools aisle had an eye level security camera with a proximity sensor that chirped to get my attention. I looked at it and there I was -- being recorded.<p>I took it up with the store manager who informed me it was for theft deterrence. So, y'know, no problem. There was another camera in the electrical aisle near the bulk wire. Each self-checkout lane had a camera too. I was recorded three separate times.<p>The manager could not tell me where or how long my image would be stored or how it would be used. So now HD has my credit card number, a digital signature, a photo ID and from overhead, a shopping pattern.<p>That's more info than I was required to provide the state police for a background check needed to teach.<p>The saw blade cost $4.95.<p>Do we really want all these drones in addition to the millions of cameras already in place?
There's so much potential for drones.. for example, I'd love to see traffic monitors that use drones.<p>What I mean is, on top of having color-coded maps, I'd like to see a bird's-eye view just by clicking on the map, that'd be sweet.
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