https://archive.ph/dUvVR
Cindy Picos was dropped by her home insurer last month. The reason: aerial photos of her roof, which her insurer refused to let her see.
"I thought they had the wrong house," said Picos, who lives in northern California. "Our roof is in fine shape."
Her insurer said its images showed her roof had "lived its life expectancy." Picos paid for an independent inspection that found the roof had another 10 years of life. Her insurer declined to reconsider its decision.
Across the U.S., insurance companies are using aerial images of homes as a tool to ditch properties seen as higher risk.
Nearly every building in the country is being photographed, often without the owner's knowledge. Companies are deploying drones, manned airplanes and high-altitude balloons to take images of properties. No place is shielded: The industry-funded Geospatial Insurance Consortium has an airplane imagery program it says covers 99% of the U.S. population.
Yeah nah lol if someone flies a drone over my house I will break out the bow & arrows and have an opportunity to pick archery back up as a hobby (optionally you can use a sling and really have some david vs goliath fun)
Picking up rocketry as a hobby, for reasons
Building an automated anti-drone high powered laser system powered by solar and wind to spite the drone flying insurance companies
