[zajio1am]

The same argument could be used about cars using roads or even pedestrians using sidewalks.

[kasey_junk]

Yes. And it is. Pedestrians don’t have any right to privacy in public and we demand behaviors of them for the privilege of using public commons.

[forgotpwd16]

Would love to read HN reactions if pedestrians were mandated to wear a GPS bracelet when outside.

[kasey_junk]

“We should remove transponders from private airplanes as the occupants privacy is more important than the safety they provide” is certainly a plank someone could run on if they wanted to change the current laws.

[zajio1am]

Instead of removing transponders, perhaps just randomize identifiers before each fly, so individual planes cannot be tracked?

[jeanloolz]

We all do it already with consent, using our phones.

[forgotpwd16]

Not everyone holds a cell phone onto them neither there's public data for the position of each one.

[the_only_law]

And when there is publicly available “who’s walking on the sidewalk” data they probably will