Drone Invasion Of Privacy May Be Solved By DroneShield

With the rise in personal drones being flown just about everywhere, it is going to start to raise privacy concerns for a growing population. With drone prices continuing to come down, just about anyone can buy a small drone and add a camera. Then can then spy on you for any number of reasons. Or they can see what you might have of value to steal. With the rise in drones, the idea of protecting yourself against drones spying on you is going to become very important. There is a coming new product called DroneShield which holds promise to help protect us against invasive drones.

The company preparing to release the Drone Shield has a web site at DroneShield.org. And they are also in the process of raising funding at Indiegogo right now. With 28 days left, they have raised over $8,000 for a goal of $3,500. With more than double of the funding campaign, this is has packed in a lot of interest from people who are more than likely very concerned about their privacy and drones. So, the big question right now is exactly what is the DroneShield going to do for me.

Using the Raspbery PI computer as the starting point, they are going to be adding other pieces that can listen for sounds of a drone and compare them to a known list of sounds. They can then let you know of a drone in close proximity. This will do nothing for high flying drones that are not being heard from the ground. But, for those personal drones which you can hear buzzing around, the DroneShield will alert you to one nearby. But, it requires that the sound being heard is a match to a known list. If it does not match that known list, you will not get an alert.

Obviously, there is going to be a lot of trial and error to get this right, but in the end, we can hope it delivers on what is being proposed. The DroneShield should provide those who purchase one with some added peace of mind. Right now, you can be part of the initial group of people by pledging $69. You can be part of the group who will receiving a DroneShield version 1 with an estimated delivery in August this year. If you are concerned about your privacy and the invasion of that privacy from drones, you need to take a look at this.