LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 months ago
TBH we’ve been able to keep website registration info private for years, and privacy is such a big thing now, why not.
Aircraft are sort of expensive and they can cause large scale damage to the public. At a certain point, the public has a right to know who a plane belongs to.
If they want privacy, they can reregister their planes to an LLC. Having Congress pass this loophole was just Musk’s way of flexing his power over the legislative body.
Aircraft are sort of expensive and they can cause large scale damage to the public
Sounds like carefully worded groundwork for abolishing online anonymity. Computers are cheap and can cause large scale damage to the public.
the public has a right to know who a plane belongs to.
Why? This “right to know” is pitchfork mentality, really. If something happens the authorities can handle it and only they should have that kind of access, not John Doe. Not all who own planes are millionaires (those probably do register to an LLC).
And you could probably get it with a subpeona or FOIA request if you really need it. This just stops random people from snooping.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Precisely.
I’m no fan of random billionaires, but I’m a huge fan of privacy.