Other than being cheaper, How is a small drone any different in it’s privacy invasion than a helicopter or a light plane at high altitude or for that matter a satellite?
Two words: “Constant Presence”.
Money is like time in that an excess of either can get a person, organization, or nation in trouble. When police forces are limited by available finances, they tend to stick to what they are paid to do, rather than declare eveyone to be a threat to the state.
“Other than being cheaper, How is a small drone any different in it’s privacy invasion than a helicopter or a light plane at high altitude or for that matter a satellite?”
It’s not any different. The only difference is the amount of high-pitched whining from all the Chicken Littles out there who think the sky is falling. Every time someone mounts a video camera in a public place, the whining starts all over again. It almost seems like the ACLU has a full-time presence here.