Drone Technology

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I have always wondered why the use of drones for private reasons is either illegal or highly controlled in the 254 and other countries. So I decided to put my mistrust and contempt for the Babylon system, put the handas aside and get my brain to work. Besides the breach of people’s privacy, nimeona, its important that the system keeps drone technology under tight regulation until a such a time that infrastructure and controls have been put in place to ensure both private and public security concerns linked to drone technology are handled.

As an Arduino enthusiast and technician, I can assure you, all it takes a motivated terrorist to come up with a drone is a few tools that would cost not more than 25k and ready made code for the drone main board. These guys sell sacks and sacks of charcoal. They get ransom from hijacked ships and kidnapped foreigners. So, 25 k is lose change to them.

All of these tools can be obtained locally or can be imported.
Considering that purchases are not monitored in Kenya, its easy to get these equipment and assemble a drone easy, without raising any alarm.

[SIZE=4]PIXHAWK ARM FLIGHT CONTROLLER KIT (Ksh.25,000 locally)[/SIZE]
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My main worry is not personal privacy. Its the ability for terrorists and criminals to use emerging technology to disrupt civility and to front their agendas. See, ISIS is already using Drones to kill.
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I just seen an al jazeera feature where some ISIS propaganda videos show their elite squads assembling and dispatching weaponized drones to kill and blow up shit. They detonate stuff using SMS over customized USSD codes. Talk about Undocumented SIM cards.

All in all, I see that the control of drone use has some good motive in it ata kama ina-curtail creativity kiasi yake.

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  1. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
  2. I use Babylon System to eliminate politicization of sentiments.
  3. Handas. Keeps you alert and relaxed at the same time. [/I]
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are you giving them ideas?

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They already have them. Si umecheki ISIS are already using them. That’s why I insist, the govt should be on top of the regulation game until the security issues are catered for. The govt is doing a great job so far.

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Watch the series Legends Sn 1

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True, it’s a security concern to have anyone flying drones unrestricted in any airspace and over private property. I was watching in National Geographic how civilian drones encroach into the Dubai airport airspace all the time forcing cancellation and security services to mobilize. The scare, inconvenience and cost of disruption is too much. However national civil aviation authority has drafted a bill that awaits in Parliament to be debated and passed therefore give birth to commercial drone services.

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But drones were just allowed the other day in the 254.

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If they detonate the bombs using cellphones, via sms, cant cellphone jammers stop the threats…if the army has prior info or good surveillance?

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Assuming all the above holds true, who’l get the 72 virgins seeing as human presence on ground zero wont be needed!

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I was planning on importing one, is it possible?

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I need one. Kuna ka mama hapa kamezoea ku sun bask kwa back yard after kuoga na naskia kanakuanga ndethe… I need to do more research on this serious matter

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