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While I broadly agree, I think the era of general freely available data such as aircraft movements is about to end. We're entering an era of siloes.
by closewith 2y ago
While I broadly agree, I think the era of general freely available data such as aircraft movements is about to end. We're entering an era of siloes.
- cle 2y agoI agree with your conclusion, but I'm really curious to know your reasons & predictions here. Can you elaborate?
- cma 2y agoThe DOGE guy doesn't like it because people were tracking his plane and he also happens to be replacing FAA stuff with his starlink (which deorbits every 4 years and now will have more govt propping it up and guaranteeing redeployments, if the military stuff didn't already do that).
- ryandrake 2y agoAs long as I can stick a 1090 MHz ADS-B antenna on my roof and listen to transponders as they pass overhead (which I currently do), at least some data will be out there.
- neilv 2y agoIf your locale were to escalate to wartime-like measures for some reason (because of real threats, or some crazy/rogue leadership), couldn't recording aircraft movements and transmissions be suspicious, and sharing that data be suspected spying/treason?
- wkat4242 2y agoProbably but then you'd have more pressing problems than just getting some flight statistics. Also military planes on active war missions don't broadcast ADS-B for obvious reasons. We do sometimes see them on training missions though. Most platforms block them but ADS-B Exchange doesn't.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoIf anything, commercial / civilian planes would have ADS-B enabled near warzones so that those with anti-air know to avoid them. Didn't work for MH-17 though.