Factory in Warsaw visit - photos and my interview with guard (June 4, 2025)

[cadblu]

Actually, the security guard said this...

Stop! Or I'll say Stop Again!

 

[SichuanHot]

The OP asked a security guard, whose response was perfect, "We'll call the police on you." LOL.

His intentions were right. The person who he asked is wrong. I don't see the issue.

 

[E90400K]

His intentions were right. The person who he asked is wrong. I don't see the issue.

It's the private company's private business as to their execution of moving their product from prototype to full rate production, why do we need to know? Curiosity is not a proper intention. It's just being nosey. A bit creepy in my opinion. Just let the company alone.

If they want to release progress reports, great. We don't need to spy on them. Lol.

 

[cvollers]

It's the private company's private business as to their execution of moving their product from prototype to full rate production, why do we need to know? Curiosity is not a proper intention. It's just being nosey. A bit creepy in my opinion. Just let the company alone.

If they want to release progress reports, great. We don't need to spy on them. Lol.

Or they could release progress reports (like another EV company that starts with “S”) that always say the same thing.

 

[E90400K]

Or they could release progress reports (like another EV company that starts with “S”) that always say the same thing.

"We poured more of the concrete floor."

Whooooweee!

Our surface spec is SAaBA. "Smoothasababy'sass".

 

[SichuanHot]

It's the private company's private business as to their execution of moving their product from prototype to full rate production, why do we need to know? Curiosity is not a proper intention. It's just being nosey. A bit creepy in my opinion. Just let the company alone.

If they want to release progress reports, great. We don't need to spy on them. Lol.

That's a fair opinion to have, but I disagree that taking drone videos of a company's property when given explicit permission to do so is a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with excitement and curiosity over Slate. If anything, they can leverage that enthusiasm from prospective customers to really flesh out their relationship with their user base.

Hiring fake and paid off influencers to showcase a new product is bad. Organic curiosity from actual customers that in turn ends up as marketing material is 100x better.

 

[GreatLakes]

Indiana Code Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure § 35-46-8.5-1 relates to "Unlawful Photography and Surveillance on Private Property." This statute generally makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly and intentionally conduct electronic surveillance of another person's private property without their permission.

For drones specifically:

Indiana Code IC 35-31.5-2-123.5 includes specific provisions regarding unauthorized drone use and privacy. It states that pilots cannot use drones to photograph or record individuals on private property without permission. Violating this law can lead to criminal charges or fines.

Has this law ever been enforced and held up in court? I can bring up Google Earth or Maps, and get pretty detailed photography of most anywhere. Has everyone in Indiana agreed to this, or is the Alphabet C-suite in jail?

Don't really have a dog in this fight, but as a landowner I thought someone could fly a drone inches above my property and there wasn't anything I could legally do.

I will say that I had a ride in a powered parachute several years ago, sitting in front of the guy that had recently won the US Nationals for PPC piloting. We were cutting around the airstrip, went about 50' high through a backyard. The people were sitting on their back deck, could even see some inside at the dining room table. I felt like we were invading their privacy, but the pilot thought it fine and no problem.