Drones flying over backyards

Today as I left my home I could hear a noise, looked up and noticed a drone  (with camera attached) flying over my backyard and continuing on over my neighbours and the whole block.  I then noticed a van driving slowly and it appeared the passenger in the van was controlling the drone. My OH is furious and says this is an invasion of privacy, Ive since checked the CASA website and it says that you are not allowed to fly over people's backyards.  I should have got the rego.  Who would do this?  Real Estate?  surely they would know the rules though? Anyone shed any light?

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Ironically (and coincidentally) we've just had this TV advert for the late Baldrick's forthcoming television programme.

 

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I agree with #4, make some shotgun rain, do the shotgun rain dance

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Don't mean to make you paranoid but there can be a reason for flying drones over residential areas that isn't about burglary.

 

It's possible to "hack" people's computers by recording their keyboard strokes (keylogging) by electromagnetic emanations. It's possible to put your set-up in a drone, fly it over people's houses, and pick up and remotely record every key they press on their computers - logins, passwords, everything. The NSA tested it out with success.

 

Here's a demo:

http://www.securitytube.net/video/215

 

Although it must be said, I highly doubt that's what was going on. Far more likely that it was just a good old fashioned privacy invasion for a good old fashioned potential burglary.

 

Ideally, you'd be able to use a jammer to prevent drones from spying on you, but unfortunately jammers are very illegal in Australia - not just phone jammers, but GPS jammers as well. Unlike in most parts of the world, all signal jammers of any kind are illegal in Australia, even for use on private property. Property damage is also illegal - a jammer won't damage anything, but if you throw something at it, that's illegal. Civilians spying on you is illegal, but so is everything you could possibly do to stop it whilst it's happening.

 

So unfortunately, it's illegal to prevent drones from spying on you.

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Kangaroos also don't like drones in their yard....

 

 

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I recall  reading only a couple of months ago that drones are often used by real estate  agents so watch if any local houses go on sale. I thought  at the time it was an invasion of privacy to neighborhood. 

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one of these should take care of any starying drones, just make sure it has gone past and not recording you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrgTtZXuj4w

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Shotgun Joe Biden & Rand (the drone alarmist) Paul-

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdKIM2btoA

 

Shotgun Rain on dem drones. The US vice president tells women how to deal with intrusive drones on their property.

 

 

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