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I would actually draw the parallel with cars here; the airspace/roads are similarly regulated and should require a license to use. For sure some uses can be les

by afiori 7y ago

I would actually draw the parallel with cars here; the airspace/roads are similarly regulated and should require a license to use. For sure some uses can be less regulated than other (like bicycles or kites), but drones have demonstrated to be clearly more complex. I realize that we should not be rushed in disturbing a blooming industry and I have a lot of respect for the progress made in recent years, but as things stand in my (uninformed) opinion something akin to license plate registration/piloting license is the best long term choice to protect good actors.

mindslight 7y ago
Broadcasting an identity would indeed be a good way to do post-facto enforcement instead of resorting to technological authoritarianism. However, it's worth remembering that car license plates have become a major surveillance vector in the modern age. It would be straightforward to fix this - imagine RF or eink transponders with a number that changes every minute, with a cryptographic key required to tie the broadcasted nym to anything else, and a public audit trail every time it is done - but government inertia is huge. This regime should really be fixed before it is expanded.
- Faark 7y ago
  Loosing all benefit for other citizens while just mildly annoying those in power by putting pretend barriers in place? No, thanks. I'd really like to know who owns those 4-5 scrap bicycles standing around near my home, so they can be removed and spots made available. For drones I feel similar... determining the owner of something close by should be possible without going through police.
- afiori 7y ago
  As a matter of fact I do not feel it is a good idea to tie civil and/or criminal topics to cryptographic technologies (this does not exclude voting, but that is a completely different discussion). Essentially you are asking to legislate a IoT frameworks that is resilient enough to be used in courts or law.

by afiori 7y ago

mindslight 7y ago

Broadcasting an identity would indeed be a good way to do post-facto enforcement instead of resorting to technological authoritarianism. However, it's worth remembering that car license plates have become a major surveillance vector in the modern age. It would be straightforward to fix this - imagine RF or eink transponders with a number that changes every minute, with a cryptographic key required to tie the broadcasted nym to anything else, and a public audit trail every time it is done - but government inertia is huge. This regime should really be fixed before it is expanded.

Faark 7y ago
Loosing all benefit for other citizens while just mildly annoying those in power by putting pretend barriers in place? No, thanks. I'd really like to know who owns those 4-5 scrap bicycles standing around near my home, so they can be removed and spots made available. For drones I feel similar... determining the owner of something close by should be possible without going through police.
afiori 7y ago
As a matter of fact I do not feel it is a good idea to tie civil and/or criminal topics to cryptographic technologies (this does not exclude voting, but that is a completely different discussion). Essentially you are asking to legislate a IoT frameworks that is resilient enough to be used in courts or law.