Instincts

[Maria 60]

My wife has been away all week and I was doing some work around the house and at on point I wanted to grab a drink and get some air. I was dressed up and I was about to open the screen door and then I remembered what my wife told me to make sure the risk is worth the reward. She knows I take bigger chances when she's not around, so I decided to put on a pair of track pants and t-shirt over my fem clothes. I went outside and I hear a noise and I look up to see a drone over my house, I sat there to see where it went back to. I seen it went back a few doors down and living in the same house for thirty years I know everyone. I got dressed and went over and I told him I didn't appreciate him spying on me. He told me he wasn't spying and told me all the rules and regulations and height restrictions of flying a drone and he didn't do anything wrong. I explained to him the human rules of respect your niebours and told him if he's interested what's in my yard I could take him for a tour and if he wants to know something about my life to ask me and I will tell him. I reminded him of the respect I have for the niebourhood by not making noise early morning or late at night and not doing anything on a Sunday's I reminded him that he knows that I also have a drone and if he would appreciate if I fly it over his house. He apologized and told me that he was just trying to learn how to use it, I told him maybe later when I see his wife tanning by the pool I may want to learn more about my drone and of course within drone restrictions. Some people can not get enough dirty laundry on other people and there just isn't anymore privacy anywhere. I couldn't believe at times our instinct that stopped me from opening that door dressed. There must be some crossdressing God watching over us. In case you can't feel the anger as I'm writing this it really makes me mad that I have no privacy even in my own yard.

[Jillcder]

I dont blame you for being upset Maria that would be a horrible way to have your neighbors discover your crossdressing desires.

[Linda E. Woodworth]

I Love Your Response Maria.

I wonder if he does it again if his drone with have an "accident"?

[kimdl93]

It was good that you faced him about that drone business. Rule and regulations aside, its trespassing or high tech intrusion of privacy.

[JulieC]

The sad state of society now is a total, complete lack of privacy. We often think about how our online activities are being watched. They are. Constantly. Big tech absolutely knows we are all crossdressers and have tied that to where we live. Some notion of privacy on the online world around this is completely false. But, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Look around yourself in public as you go about your day. Cameras are everywhere now, and many of them are tied to facial recognition. You can't even walk around your neighborhood without being observed and recorded by plenty of Ring (and similar) doorbells. Cards in your wallet can be scanned without your knowledge (that's not paranoia; it really happens, though it's rare so far) and can be used to identify you. Big tech knows everything about you. You think you're safe on your backyard if the neighbor isn't flying a drone? You're not. Real time satellite observation is now becoming a thing. I.e., your neighbor can happily watch you in your backyard in real time using a feed from a satellite.

The encroachment on privacy has been slow over the last few decades, but it has been inexorable. Privacy isn't a thing anymore. Even attempting to go 'off grid' and have no tech in your life isn't enough.

[docrobbysherry]

I haven't had a drone problem. And, I wouldn't put up 3with that!:sad:

I used to have problems with neighbors looking over my fence at Sherry un clothed in my pool.:o
I now how foliage 15' high along that fence!:tongueout

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Maria :hugs:The Neighbord kid had a drone and was tormented my dog,

took the drone down with my Garden hose and accidently Steped on it, >Orchid**O:daydreaming:O**

[OrdinaryAverageGuy]

It's illegal to use a noisemaker to take down a drone (and dangerous for that matter), but I don't believe there are any laws against throwing a 2x4 or maybe a fishing net in the air over your yard.

I recently saw a video of a cop using some kind of contraption he aimed at a drone (over a stadium it looked like) which "disrupted" the radio-control and he brought it down by his feet. I have to wonder what that was and what it costs.

[Genifer Teal]

I think you handled it the best and only way you could. The laws are difficult and don't really help, but having been a longtime resident and going and talking to them is probably your best bet for having some impact on what the behavior will be in the future. I like some of the things you said.

If you want to have some fun, there's an old story on the internet about a guy who hacked a drone. it was the neighbor's kid flying it and it was looking in his bedroom window or something, and so he got annoyed like you and wanted to figure out what he could do with it. And I guess there was time it came back a few times or whatever. And so he found out that basically it's a roving wifi, and at that time, there was very little protection on the network, and he was able to hack into it and copy all the photos it had taken, it was pretty funny and goes on from there.

[CarlaWestin]

Maria, you handled the situation with more restraint than I would have.
Easily downed with a garden hose, I would be tempted to return it cordially and park it for him in a warm personal place.
I've noticed most drone newbies loose interest after a couple of months anyway.

[char GG]

I don't know how high a drone has to be to "visualize" a person. My grandson has a mini- drone, and we flew it in Italy. I honestly can't say that I could really see any people in it - at least enough to notice anything about any people just milling around. We got some great scenery shots, though.

[DianeT]

The people I've seen flying drones in residential areas typically fly them not very high, 30 to 100 feet (this is why you can hear them coming), and with their 4K cameras I'm afraid you can see people and their shirt tags very clearly.

[Jane G]

Not a fan of personal drones. They can do such useful work when properly engaged. But for personal use they are just intrusive a lot of the time.

[Petals]

That is an invasion of your privacy!
It should be reported to the authorities.