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Domestic Drone Countermeasures, Oregon Company, To Sell Defense Systems Direct To Consumers

A company in Oregon has said it will sell anti-drone technology directly to consumers. In this Jan. 8, 2009, photo provided by the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Department, a small Draganflyer X6 drone is photographed during a test flight in Mesa County, Colo., with a FLIR (Forward Looking Infra Red) payload.
03/20/2013
Worried about the government's increased use of drones to spy on citizens [ http://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/domestic-drones ]? Well, for the price of a new car you may be able to block unmanned vehicles from snooping.
Oregon-based company Domestic Drone Countermeasures announced last month that it would sell customized anti-drone defense systems to anyone interested in a little extra privacy. Drones will be an increasingly significant issue for people and companies seeking to limit aerial images of themselves or their property, company president Amy Ciesielka told The Huffington Post.
Domestic Drone Countermeasures' anti-drone system would not disable drone technology nor jam the machines, Ciesielka said, but would neutralize the ability of a small air-bound drone to capture sound and images through its on-board cameras, video recorders and microphones. The anti-drone service uses patent-protected technology, and all the components already exist; Domestic Drone Countermeasures is simply joining them together into a single product for consumers, she said.
Ciesielka declined to name a price for the drone defense system, only saying it would "cost as much as car, maybe an Audi."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/domestic-drone-countermeasures_n_2916974.html [with comments]