[anigbrowl]

You can't regulate technology out of existence; the harder you try the greater the potential rewards for using it asymmetrically. I can think of legal objections, but I can also think of equally good arguments that circumvent those objections. Rather than wishing a new technology away, which has never ever worked, it's better to assume it will be the norm and then try to imagine what countermeasures would be deployed in response.

[confounded]

> You can't regulate technology out of existence

No, but you can regulate it into regulation. This is why police need a warrant to pick the lock on your front door, or to use a thermal imaging camera on your home.

[smilesnd]

Or why police need to announce that they smell weed before bashing in your front door to check. Or make a statement that they heard someone screaming for help before bashing in your front door. Or make a statement that they heard gun fire so they can bash in your front door. My point being police don't always need a warrant to enter a place. Just like they don't need warrants to MITM cell towers.