I sniff a whole new subset of ambulance chasing lawyers forming at the periphery. “Your honor … my client was seriously injured by a box that fell off the Amazon drone.” Those with deep pockets … beware. And … speaking of things falling off a drone, … “wanna buy this beer that fell off a drone on the way to the ice fishing shanty?” Gangs of unscrupulous kids will be laying in wait for the things. Drone hijackers will be snatching drones and holding them for ransom until you pay them with bitcoin. With a bit of tinkering, inventive electronics types could ‘spoof’ a GPS position and you’d have all the packages coming to your neighborhood dropped off at your house. When an EMP hits, the sky will be raining drones. Farmers Insurance will have to make some new commercials because – well – they’ve ‘seen’ a thing or two. Finally, the “bad boys” will be sure and follow all the FAA rules without fail … wink, wink. The permutations are endless.
Yeah … it’s a brave new world out there …