US government will reportedly require all drone purchases to be registered by Chris Welch.
From the post:
The US government plans to make it a mandatory requirement that all drone purchases, including those made by consumers, be formally registered. NBC News reports that the Department of Transportation will announce the new plan on Monday, with hopes to have this drone registry implemented by the holidays, when drones will likely prove a popular gift. The Obama administration and DoT have yet to announce any such press conference for Monday.
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Registration of drones isn’t going to help regulate drones, unless of course the drones have identifying marks and/or broadcast their registration. Yes?
In other words, registration of drones is a means of further government surveillance on where and when you fly your drone.
If you want an unregistered drone, buy one before regulations requiring registration go into effect.
So long as you are obeying all aviation laws, the government has no right to know where and when you fly your drone.
Hopefully the NRA will realize that preserving gun ownership where the government tracks:
- All your phone calls.
- All your emails.
- All your web traffic.
- All your cell phones.
- All your credit cards.
- All your purchases.
- All your use of drones.
isn’t all that meaningful by itself.
Tracking the government and its servants is a first step towards ending the current surveillance state.