Just curious, but why are people so anti Remote I. D.

[Chip]

Just having a cell phone powered on means that you are being tracked by pinging the cell towers.

That is true. But if law enforcement wants to monitor the pings or access the records they will likely require a subpoena or search warrant. Let us not forget that the FAA conducted a secret "off the record" demonstration of networked Remote ID to a special set of VIPs including corporate benefactors and law enforcement in Quantico, Virginia. The FAA ultimately admitted it was wrong to conduct a secret off the record demonstration but told the public we decided not to go networked (at least not now) so what do you care? The parties and counsel who sued the FAA over Remote ID did an excellent job forcing the FAA to produce relevant documents despite the FAA dodging, stonewalling and dragging their feet the whole way.