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But then again, what if people start harvesting people's identities from the drones through the identifier? I think it's a neat idea, but it straddles the 4th A

But then again, what if people start harvesting people's identities from the drones through the identifier? I think it's a neat idea, but it straddles the 4th Amendment line and could potentially expose your identity to people who don't like drones.

objclxt 11y ago
...really? Because both aircraft and road vehicles today have identifiers painted or printed on them. What about driving around with a license plate or flying with a tail number? What's the difference?
- striking 11y ago
  It would make sense to expose an identifier, rather than the person's identity. I may have misunderstood the comment.
  - shoegumfoot 11y ago
    Would it be correct to think that you would be shocked to learn that the FAA has a publicly-accessible aircraft registration database? http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx
- themartorana 11y ago
  Aircraft and cars kill people daily. Constantly. Cars more. Aircraft sometimes more tragically.
mschuster91 11y ago
Well if you're flying a real plane or copter, you have its registration number widely visible. No difference there.
Spooky23 11y ago
You don't have a right to privacy in public spaces. You can be a weirdo and wear a baclava and only travel by foot or use cash to use public transit, but that behavior in itself de-anonymizes you.
- jnbiche 11y ago
  Yum, baclava! Or perhaps you're thinking of a "balaclava"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaclava_(clothing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaclava_(clothing)
  - Spooky23 11y ago
    Haha autocorrect strikes again! Walking around with baclava would make you popular if you shared though!
- resoluteteeth 11y ago
  > You can be a weirdo and wear a [balaclava] That's actually illegal in Virginia: http://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2006/toc1802000/18.2-422.html http://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2006/toc1802000/18.2-42...

objclxt 11y ago

...really? Because both aircraft and road vehicles today have identifiers painted or printed on them. What about driving around with a license plate or flying with a tail number? What's the difference?

striking 11y ago
It would make sense to expose an identifier, rather than the person's identity. I may have misunderstood the comment.
- shoegumfoot 11y ago
  Would it be correct to think that you would be shocked to learn that the FAA has a publicly-accessible aircraft registration database? http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Inquiry.aspx
themartorana 11y ago
Aircraft and cars kill people daily. Constantly. Cars more. Aircraft sometimes more tragically.

mschuster91 11y ago

Well if you're flying a real plane or copter, you have its registration number widely visible. No difference there.

Spooky23 11y ago

You don't have a right to privacy in public spaces. You can be a weirdo and wear a baclava and only travel by foot or use cash to use public transit, but that behavior in itself de-anonymizes you.

jnbiche 11y ago
Yum, baclava! Or perhaps you're thinking of a "balaclava"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaclava_(clothing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaclava_(clothing)
- Spooky23 11y ago
  Haha autocorrect strikes again! Walking around with baclava would make you popular if you shared though!
resoluteteeth 11y ago
> You can be a weirdo and wear a [balaclava] That's actually illegal in Virginia: http://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2006/toc1802000/18.2-422.html http://law.justia.com/codes/virginia/2006/toc1802000/18.2-42...