👺 Drone Terror and Anti-Machine Riots: Crime in 2035

AI, robots, drones, and other emerging technologies could radically reshape crime over the next decade, according to a new Europol report.

We've gathered the key takeaways from the 48-page report—Black Mirror screenwriters, take note:

🚨 A new threat: hacking home robots. Nannies, caregivers, and electronic pets are at risk. Hackers could hijack an "empathetic" robot to gain the owner's trust, then steal money or unlock the door for burglars at night.

🚨 Military tech in the hands of the mafia. Street gangs are adopting military drones, unmanned vessels, and 3D-printed weapons for drug trafficking and assassinations. Just this year, a "test submarine" remotely controlled by a drug cartel via Starlink was intercepted off the coast of Colombia.

🚨 Robots will be hated. Automation will fuel social unrest in cities. People who lose their jobs to technology will start smashing delivery robots and driverless taxis on the streets.

This is just one potential scenario, the report's authors note. For instance, experts at the University of Kent note this "robotic future" might arrive later than expected due to high tech costs. However, the risk remains: if the police don't learn to operate drones better than the criminals, they will lose this race.

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