Did Drones Spy on French Football Team?

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Has someone used a small UAS to spy of the French football team in the world cup?

After spotting a drone hovering over its practice last week , France’s team manager Didier Deschamps has called for an investigation into the possibility that the team was spied on, according to Yahoo Sports.

Deschamps told that the drone’s operator was likely one of France’s potential opponents, or a French news agency. France is in Group E with Switzerland, Honduras, and Ecuador. According to sUAS , the presence of a drone at the World Cup says a lot about how popular and relatively affordable drones have become.

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Experts say that such incidents will become part of many events “where one side wants to see what the other does” said on of the experts . He assessed that even strict privacy rules will not be able to stop the process.