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.
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 secure 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.
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.
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?
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.
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 secure 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?
Maybe the rich guys shouldn’t be able to it instead and thats what should change?
Just like with the cars.
You can find out anything as well with the license plates.
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.
If you own your own home, anyone can get your full name through property records. Is this really that different?
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.
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.
Buy a new car, you won’t be far from that.
The new car is worse. They will sell your info to the highest bidder.
And to every other bidder, too, of course.
Buy an old car, travel on public roadways
ALPR
:-/
Neither is right
Not really. But the FAA could use some improvement on privacy issues.
Can you take me for a ride on your plane?
Shitposters ride for free
Hell yeah :D