© Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesAnti-drone: Google boss Eric Schmidt has warned about the spread of drone technology
Eric Schmidt today said that the technology for armed unmanned planes will soon pass into the hands of terrorists posing huge security concerns across the globe.
He also said that ever expanding drone technology is making smaller and cheaper models, including nano-drones, which could be used by nosy neighbors spying on each other in a dispute.
The state now requires law enforcement to obtain warrants to collect evidence using drones following in the footsteps of Virginia, which also introduced such a measure.
'We're trying to prevent high-tech window-peeping,' Idaho Senate Assistant Majority Leader Chuck Winder, sponsor of the measure told Reuters.
© Stocktrek ImagesTerror threat: Drones could fall into the hands of terrorists Schmidt warns
Schmidt also warned that deadly armed drones could soon be used by terrorists following the proliferation of state drone strikes over recent years.
Privacy breach: The Google boss also warns nano-drones will cause issues around privacy
'It's got to be regulated. It's one thing for governments, who have some legitimacy in what they're doing, but have other people doing it...It's not going to happen.'
He added that drone technology will become more and more normalized part of warfare.
'It's probable that robotics becomes a significant component of nation state warfare,' he told the newspaper.
Nano-drones are already readily available to anyone with the money to purchase them. It's a good bet that those who want one, for whatever purpose, either have them already or are going to get them soon. I imagine it would not be too hard to weaponize a small drone, one that could enter an open window and pack enough C4 to blow the building up. Just the threat of this happening, or even a staged occurrence in a vacant home could be just what the powers that be require to declare martial law.