Look out for those dark drones (bad idea)

[mavic3usa]

New York startup wants Gargoyles guarding against dark drones​

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[GadgetGuy]

This is already available to anyone willing to spend roughly $800+ on a 24/7 RID detection device that records all historical drone RID activity within a 5 mile radius with the included software on a laptop, using a high gain antenna. The flight history is recorded separately for each and every drone. Anything without RID is a dark drone, which is not necessarily illegal. Could just be a Mini 4 Pro with a regular battery.

One example:

UAS Sentry

Another:

Dronetag RIDER – Portable Remote ID Receiver for Drone Detection & Airspace Monitoring

Dronetag RIDER is a high-performance Remote ID receiver designed for real-time drone detection and airspace monitoring. Compatible with all drones compliant with Remote ID regulations, including DJI, Parrot and Autel, it identifies both built-in Remote ID and external modules, ensuring accurate...

dronetag.com

 

[mavic3usa]

First you scare everybody in town making them think drone swarm attacks are imminent and you need this "early warning" system. Once everyone is convinced, the taxpayers will foot the bill and some company will get rich from a useless, unnecessary system. You might even get big private donors or wealthy corporations to pay for it. When there are no drone interdictions and no attacks forthcoming, you have to use the system for something so here comes the police. Once the police gets involved, the system will be compromised and used against the public. And let's not forget when a private company get ahold of all that valuable data, it will be sold and made available to the world and anyone who wants to pay for it. Before you know it, public RID apps will be available containing photos and home addresses. The possibilities are endless.

 

[MS Coast]

First you scare everybody in town making them think drone swarm attacks are imminent and you need this "early warning" system. Once everyone is convinced, the taxpayers will foot the bill and some company will get rich from a useless, unnecessary system. You might even get big private donors or wealthy corporations to pay for it. When there are no drone interdictions and no attacks forthcoming, you have to use the system for something so here comes the police. Once the police gets involved, the system will be compromised and used against the public. And let's not forget when a private company get ahold of all that valuable data, it will be sold and made available to the world and anyone who wants to pay for it. Before you know it, public RID apps will be available containing photos and home addresses. The possibilities are endless.

Once again, the sky is falling!

There was the prediction that RID would kick off a wave of violent crime against drone pilots. That hasn't happened. And now you're expecting RID apps to publish the home address and photo of the pilot? Will they also reveal SSNs, blood type, credit card numbers, BMIs, and favorite color?