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Create a Drone ‘No Fly Zone’ over Your House?

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Key Takeaways:

  • Growing concerns about drone privacy have led to extreme proposed solutions, such as an Oklahoma bill allowing property owners to shoot down drones over their land.
  • NoFlyZone.org offers a voluntary and free solution, allowing homeowners to create geo-fenced "no-fly zones" over their properties by registering their address.
  • This system relies on a consortium of major drone companies and software providers who have agreed to voluntarily comply by integrating these geo-fences into their UAVs' operating software.
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There’s no question that drones are here to stay and we will likely soon see uses for these remotely controlled aerial vehicles that we can’t even imagine. But a growing number of citizens are concerned about their privacy as an increasing number of camera-clad buzzers fly near their homes. As people are looking for solutions, a bill in Oklahoma that would allow property owners to shoot down drones over their properties was recently passed by the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee.

Whether the shoot-down bill will become law remains to be seen. But there is a new company that appears to have a better solution to the drone privacy problem. “I wanted to figure out a way to be part of the solution to that issue,” said Ben Marcus, the founder and CEO of NoFlyZone.org. “That is why I created NoFlyZone.org. It basically gives people the ability to create a no fly zone over their house.”

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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