BBC News: Spying on Europe’s farms with satellites and drones
Submitted by legalizeliberty on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 18:34in
Farmers who claim more EU subsidies than they should, or who break Common Agricultural Policy rules, are now more likely to be caught out by a camera in the sky than an inspector calling with a clipboard. How do they feel about being watched from above?
Imagine a perfect walk in the country, a few years from now - tranquillity, clean air, birdsong in the trees and hedgerows, growing crops swaying in the breeze.
Suddenly a model plane swoops overhead.
But there is no-one around manipulating radio controls. This is not a toy, but a drone on a photographic mission.
They say it is because they
They say it is because they give subsidies to farms. This sounds decidedly UnAmerican..lol
Thanks for a bump
Looks like Big Brother in EU learns fast from Big Brother in the USA.
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