Look out for those dark drones (bad idea)
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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.
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One example:
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...
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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 SSN, blood type, credit card numbers, BMI, and favorite color?
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There are a lot of bicycles in use where I live -- road bikes, eBikes, trikes, mountain bikes, recumbents, hybrids, gravel bikes, and so on. It's easy for a cyclist to sneak up behind a pedestrian on any of our multi-modal trails. The more courteous cyclists might ring a bell or say something like "passing on your left," but what about those who don't? Do they enjoy startling innocent people?
Riders hide their bikes in garages when they aren't riding, a sure sign that they don't want others to know that they're cyclists. Pretty sneaky. I think the country needs some kind of network to alert citizens when a bicycle is in the vicinity. Maybe an amber-alert sort of thing.
Come to think of it, getting around on anything with less than four wheels seems pretty weird. Almost as bad as someone driving a Yugo. I urge everyone to report suspicious bicycle activity in their neighborhoods.
Coyotes, too. You should immediately report any sighting of a coyote to the local police.
Riders hide their bikes in garages when they aren't riding, a sure sign that they don't want others to know that they're cyclists. Pretty sneaky. I think the country needs some kind of network to alert citizens when a bicycle is in the vicinity. Maybe an amber-alert sort of thing.
Come to think of it, getting around on anything with less than four wheels seems pretty weird. Almost as bad as someone driving a Yugo. I urge everyone to report suspicious bicycle activity in their neighborhoods.
Coyotes, too. You should immediately report any sighting of a coyote to the local police.
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Very interesting video. The Gargoyle system would be relatively easy to implement so long as private property owners participated by installing receivers on their rooftops and "church steeples." One critical question left unanswered is who has access to the FAA registration database and will it be conditioned on probable cause to believe crime was committed? The Gargoyle approach--blanket city wide drone surveillance linked by nodes--may not be as far fetched as some think. The FAA has published articles on its grand plans for SMART cities. Whether SMART cities are good, bad, or inevitable can be debated. But, I am thinking the war has radically changed perceptions of vulnerabilities and what may be necessary to protect the public.
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I assume "subscriptions" is spelled "$ub$cription$". Nothing like using unfounded fear to line one's pockets. I wonder if he's related to the guy who founded LifeLock.
