Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
December 3, 2013
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| Image: Amazon Drone (YouTube). |
Following the announcement of Amazon’s plan to deliver
items using drones within five years, lawmakers responded by warning
that the devices could be used to gather private information on
customers and called for strict privacy safeguards.
Reacting to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ unveiling of
prototype Octocopters that would deliver items weighing up to 2.3kg to
customers within 30 minutes of an order being placed online, Rep. Ted
Poe (R-Texas) cautioned that without careful regulations, “companies
could use drones for information gathering whether that is taking a
photograph of your patio furniture or recording the make and model of
your car.”
His sentiments were echoed by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.),
who said that the drones have “the potential to change everything,” and
must be tightly controlled by law.
“Coloradans will accept this technology only if they are
certain their privacy is protected and that Americans won’t be victims
of surveillance or privacy abuse by private unmanned aerial system
operators,” said Udall.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said that such rules must be in place “before our skies teem with commercial drones.”
