FAA Admits Names & Addresses In Drone Registry Will Be Publicly Available (forbes.com)

Lauren Weinstein sends word about this admission by the FAA that has led many to have concerns about privacy. Forbes reports: "The FAA finally confirmed this afternoon that model aircraft registrants’ names and home addresses will be public. In an email message, the FAA stated: 'Until the drone registry system is modified, the FAA will not release names and address. When the drone registry system is modified to permit public searches of registration numbers, names and addresses will be revealed through those searches.'"

Comments

Look at this another way....

[Nidi62]

At least from the FAA's point of view this will prevent any possible hacking/privacy leak scandals!

Er... What's wrong with this exactly?

[Etcetera]

I don't know... Maybe I'm coming at this from a different perspective, but as a HAM radio operator, my base station address (and home address) is public information, and is easily searchable by call sign. If you want to use a public resource, whether airwaves or airspace, you need to be traceable. That's, in fact, the entire point.

Put another way, the privacy implications of having untraceable drones outweigh the privacy implications of being able to track down who's controlling them.

Re:Er... What's wrong with this exactly?

[MikeDataLink]

It is. I have a public data account that costs $2 a month that gives me access to that, and whole lot more.

Re:Er... What's wrong with this exactly?

[RubberDogBone]

In the state where I reside, it costs only 50 cents to get the tag info. Literally all you need is the tag number and change and they will happily give you a whole print out of the vehicle stats including VIN, the taxes paid on said vehicle, the insurance company and policy number and of course the name, address and phone number of the registered owner.

So when you see that hottie in traffic and want to get to know them, just snap their tag and take some quarters to the DMV office.

Re:249 grams

[PopeRatzo]

My cock weighs more then that and is currently invading you wife(TM)'s anal 'airspace'

Please keep her occupied until football season is over. kthx.

the facts speak for themselves.

[gavron]

You're confusing "uncontrolled" with "under nobody's control."

Uncontrolled airspace (class G) means that it is not under ATC operations. See 14 CFR 91.126 (not 91.119 "Minimum safe altitudes").

Further note explicitly 91.126(a)
"Unless otherwise authorized or required, each person operating an aircraft on or in the vicinity of an airport in a Class G airspace area must comply with the requirements of this section." That's "must comply" not "optionally can choose to comply" or whatever. The use of this airspace is subject to FAA regulation and control.

The FAA and its regulations are in full control of flight above ground in these United States. Uncontrolled airspace is airspace without direct Air-Traffic-Control facility control, not "outside FAA regulations, purvey, domain, nor control."

That's from the ground up, not 400ft AGL, not 500ftAGL, not some small amount unless you lease them your airspace right of way...

I guess I'm just not used to the attitude of "we can pretend the FAA has no power and do what we want because it pisses us off we have to register our UASs". Ultimately if you don't want to abide by the laws, that's your right. Making up ideas of why the FAA has no jurisdiction is just as nutty as those Sovereign Citizen people claiming the IRS is a hoax and that money they print is real.

Res ipsa loquitur.

Ehud

Re:I "was" all for this

[BlueStrat]

What owners should do is all register with the same name and fake address. That'll bake their gubmint noodles.

Elwood Blues
1060 W. Addison St.
Chicago, IL 60613

You're welcome. :)

Strat