Bakersfield is largely farm and oil land, so wouldn't make more sense that those drones may be involved in agriculture/oil field assessment related work?
I really could not care less about anyone tracking me on my drone/s RID, knowing no one cares where I particularly fly. I use a Spektrum external RFID module (also registered with the FCC) for when I fly RC planes from my own...
You can control what Google searches are stored on your device, but you can't control what they save and sell to other companies.
Your data is a valuable commodity, and that is what funds the Internet.
RID isn't/wasn't a self-inflicted wound. It was imposed on us, probably because enough of us with rather exotic new gadgets annoyed enough other people (especially those with overriding concerns about privacy) to ring alarm bells. That's also...