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Not a huge leap to seeing it like a nosy neighbor that likes to spy on you. We have some expectation of privacy in our lives if we choose.

I was lying out in my hammock last year, and I heard this odd noise, and even though I hadn't seen or heard someone using one, my first thought was that it had to be a drone.

I looked up, and there it was, hovering completely stationary right above me maybe 500 feet up. I admit, it was so stationary, it was impressive.

But it was unsettling to see this hovering above my property. I know my property doesn't extend vertically up to space, but...knowing those things almost always have cameras, I felt...well...like my privacy was violated.

Turns out it belonged to my next door neighbor who was a very nice guy we got along well with, and he used it for photography, but...I think I understand how some people don't like it.

I live in a standard 1/4 acre lot, but it was clearly over my lot and not his.

Now, I went to a football game last year, and saw a State Police drone on a tether, hovering motionless about a mile away. It was a big one with a blinking blue light on it, and I have a really good set of motion correction binoculars, and I got the distinct impression the swiveling camera on the bottom of it was looking at me!

I am not anti-cop, but that was oddly disturbing to me. Hell, I know they fly over in helicopters with chin mounted motion corrected cameras that are very powerful, but there was something about this unmanned device.

I think you are right DesertRhino, there is an emotional response to it by people.

The fact they have very powerful cameras on them is a bit paranoia-inducing, but as I have heard said (often):

"Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you!"