Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned aerial systems, can be equipped with cameras, thermal scanners, license plate readers and facial-recognition software.

Able to accomplish feats that manned aircraft and even traditional remote-controlled airplanes cannot, they can get within close proximity of a person or property, unnoticed, and take audio-video recordings and photographs.

They can also provide streaming video to an audience over a small personal device like a smartphone. Given their technology and capabilities, drones allow for new forms of privacy invasion.

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