This is actually most helpful to the little guys that own $20,000 airplanes.
I have a small airplane and it’s always bothered me that my name and address are publicly accessible through the FAA registry.
Most pilots I know are careful about photos they publish online showing their tail number printed in large bold letters on either side of the aircraft. This registration number can be entered into websites like flightaware.com and someone is literally two clicks from seeing my full name and home address.
It is different because you typically need to know the municipality I live in first.
Also the registration allows anyone to track me anytime I fly.
How would you feel if you had a public gps transponder on your car publicly showing who you, where you are, and where you live? Also what if you are required to plaster that registration number on the side of your vehicle in large letters that can be seen from a block away?
I was looking up bike lanes in a city I was thinking of buying a house in and the map had property lines on it, with the registered owners names plastered in every space.
Why would you want to hide that information? As long as planes use public skies everyone should be identified. Thats like the very basics of every security operation.
Absolutely air traffic in the sky should be identified. There is no problem with that, but it’s the idea that it is too easy to find out everything about an aircraft owner by simply seeing the number on their tail.
The rich guys obfuscate that info with shell corps to own the aircraft.
Shouldn’t everyone have the right to the same level of privacy regardless of how much money they have?
No you cannot. You cannot easily find someone’s address from looking at their plate. You need more information, or to do some advanced searching. It is simply not the same.
CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
This is actually most helpful to the little guys that own $20,000 airplanes.
I have a small airplane and it’s always bothered me that my name and address are publicly accessible through the FAA registry.
Most pilots I know are careful about photos they publish online showing their tail number printed in large bold letters on either side of the aircraft. This registration number can be entered into websites like flightaware.com and someone is literally two clicks from seeing my full name and home address.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
If you own your own home, anyone can get your full name through property records. Is this really that different?
CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
It is different because you typically need to know the municipality I live in first.
Also the registration allows anyone to track me anytime I fly.
How would you feel if you had a public gps transponder on your car publicly showing who you, where you are, and where you live? Also what if you are required to plaster that registration number on the side of your vehicle in large letters that can be seen from a block away?
It’s a massive invasion of personal privacy.
0x0@programming.dev 6 days ago
Buy a new car, you won’t be far from that.
Zorque@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I was looking up bike lanes in a city I was thinking of buying a house in and the map had property lines on it, with the registered owners names plastered in every space.
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Neither is right
tehn00bi@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Not really. But the FAA could use some improvement on privacy issues.
ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Can you take me for a ride on your plane?
CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Shitposters ride for free
ChaoticCookie@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Hell yeah :D
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Why would you want to hide that information? As long as planes use public skies everyone should be identified. Thats like the very basics of every security operation.
CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Absolutely air traffic in the sky should be identified. There is no problem with that, but it’s the idea that it is too easy to find out everything about an aircraft owner by simply seeing the number on their tail.
The rich guys obfuscate that info with shell corps to own the aircraft.
Shouldn’t everyone have the right to the same level of privacy regardless of how much money they have?
drmoose@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Maybe the rich guys shouldn’t be able to it instead and thats what should change?
Petter1@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Just like with the cars.
You can find out anything as well with the license plates.
CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
No you cannot. You cannot easily find someone’s address from looking at their plate. You need more information, or to do some advanced searching. It is simply not the same.