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.

 

[ericole]

There's no change in the timeline. Eighteen months have gone by and there have been no reports of violence against drone pilots or even a nosey woman yelling at drone pilots after locating them with RID. How long will you have to wait without a wave of RID-enabled violence until your fear subsides? Two years? Ten years?

Instead, why not worry about a commercial air carrier you're flying on being knocked down by a drone? There's been an example of a drone/aircraft collision discussed here recently?

I never said I was afraid, I was merely agreeing with the point and reason of another poster. Because of the work that I do, and the access to certain types of information that affords me, I am VERY aware of what can be done with information - even when others don't see the concern.

I actually have an original Mavic Pro, so I don't have the feature on my drone and have no plans to add on a device any time soon for that.

 

[ericole]

Sure, anything is possible. But is it likely? A "Karen" is more likely to call the cops on someone flying a drone than using an app to get the serial number of a drone.

It's far more likely that someone will fly a drone where they are not supposed to be flying in and and will interfere with first responders. Because that has happened since RID was mandated.



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

I know that happens with cell phones, but the original comment didn't say it that way - thus my question for clarification.