4 ms·
The same argument could be used about cars using roads or even pedestrians using sidewalks.
by zajio1am 4y ago
The same argument could be used about cars using roads or even pedestrians using sidewalks.
- kasey_junk 4y agoYes. And it is. Pedestrians don’t have any right to privacy in public and we demand behaviors of them for the privilege of using public commons.
- forgotpwd16 4y agoWould love to read HN reactions if pedestrians were mandated to wear a GPS bracelet when outside.
- jeanloolz 4y agoWe all do it already with consent, using our phones.
- forgotpwd16 4y agoNot everyone holds a cell phone onto them neither there's public data for the position of each one.
- kasey_junk 4y ago“We should remove transponders from private airplanes as the occupants privacy is more important than the safety they provide” is certainly a plank someone could run on if they wanted to change the current laws.
- zajio1am 4y agoInstead of removing transponders, perhaps just randomize identifiers before each fly, so individual planes cannot be tracked?
- the_only_law 4y agoAnd when there is publicly available “who’s walking on the sidewalk” data they probably will