The increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e. drones) is raising a number of privacy issues. The high-resolution cameras that drones can carry may pose serious privacy hazards to the general public. Numerous media stories highlight incidents of drones spying on people, often with negative consequences (e.g. lawsuits and arrests). Our research seeks to understand how incorporating privacy-preserving technologies in drone design can mitigate privacy fears. We identify several classes of privacy-preserving technological solutions and evaluate their potential efficacy across a variety of situations through a Mechanical Turk survey of 7,200 respondents. Our results inform both drone designers and regulators who wish to develop, operate, and/or regulate novel drone services while assuaging public fears of privacy violations.
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