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Nonetheless, there's no way the FAA would permit that to happen, especially not with the huge hurdles that users are having to jump through to get the FAA to pe
by _djo_ 14y ago
Nonetheless, there's no way the FAA would permit that to happen, especially not with the huge hurdles that users are having to jump through to get the FAA to permit the use of UAVs in civilian airspace.
It's already dirt-simple to track ADS-B broadcasts along with smartphone apps that display the aggregated data.
- mindslight 14y agoSo police will demand that the FAA works to implement "secure ADS-B", using a secret key with tamper proof transponders. Police departments won't go rogue for very long, but disconnecting the tracking is a good metaphor to demonstrate the actual motives at play.
- _djo_ 14y ago"Secure ADS-B" would require ATC systems around the world to make dramatic and expensive changes to their software to accommodate it. It's not going to happen. The FAA is not an organisation that is pushed around easily, nor is the ICAO.