Originally Posted by Rochard

It shouldn't come as any great surprise. This kind of stuff was new in the 1980s. Now any kid with a fucking wireless router can do it. Yeah, I know, I'm talking more or less....

What they'll need to do in the future is make it so that these things do not take in any radio communications. Fly them on a pre planned course, teach them to record anything interesting, and then fly back. If you can't command in the air, they can't take control of it.