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BBC News: Spying on Europe’s farms with satellites and drones

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 19:34
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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.

Continue:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16545333


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They say it is because they

Submitted by Crickett on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 19:37.

They say it is because they give subsidies to farms. This sounds decidedly UnAmerican..lol

Thanks for a bump

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 19:47.

Looks like Big Brother in EU learns fast from Big Brother in the USA.

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