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Presumably the videos will mainly be overhead views - what kind of nefarious uses do you fear they could put such images to? (genuinely curious; I had the same thought, but I'm not sure why)

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There was the application of tracking vehicles for fighting crime that has been proposed. With enough data, you can "rewind" and "fast forward" time to see where criminals came from, who they coordinated with, etc.

All well and good as long as they're criminals... But there's nothing to ensure it's used for that. Imagine Uber God mode for all vehicles.

Where's the commercial imperative in that, though? The challenge isn't to work out disturbing applications for this kind of aerial surveillance - that's easy - it's to work out profitable applications that would cause a business to want to invest in it.

You'll understand when you're older.

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