In a subscribers-only interview published Saturday in The Guardian, Google chairman Eric Schmidt called for increased regulation for non-military and non-law enforcement uses of drones.

"How would you feel if your neighbor went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their backyard,” he said. “It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?"

According to the BBC, which summarized Schmidt’s remarks, he also expressed concern about small drones’ potential use as an inexpensive weapon by unsavory characters.

"I'm not going to pass judgment on whether armies should exist, but I would prefer to not spread and democratize the ability to fight war to every single human being,” he said. "It's got to be regulated... It's one thing for governments, who have some legitimacy in what they're doing, but have other people doing it... it's not going to happen."

Schmidt has previously made similar remarks to the British newspaper in January 2013.

"Terrorists and criminals could use drones to carry IEDs [improvised explosive devices]—that could result in conflict between civil and military drones," he said. "Or it could happen over the US-Mexico border. Maybe we'll even see the world's first drone strike against cyber-terrorists. That's how seriously evil part of this [growth in technology] could be.”

His remarks came just days after Idaho’s governor signed a bill into law that now requires a warrant to collect evidence from drones. The bill goes on to impose other related restrictions on drone use by law enforcement.

Also this past week, India deployed drones in the northeastern part of the country as a way to combat rhinoceros poaching.