Alphabet subsidiary believes these rules violate the privacy
Alphabet’s Wing has criticized new regulations that are supposed to govern drones’ commercial use in the United States.
Wing criticizes new regulations for commercial use of drones in the United States
As you know, the rules require constant broadcasting of data on the device’s location, including its unique Remote ID.
“This approach creates compliance barriers and will have an unintended negative impact on privacy for businesses and consumers,” Wing said.
According to the company, “an observer tracking a drone can obtain confidential information about specific users, including where they go, where they spend time and live, where and when they receive packages.”
The wing is confident that the requirement needs to be revised, replacing it with Internet traceability. This “will allow the drone to be identified in flight without the need to divulge the full flight path or flight history.”
The mentioned Remote ID is a separate digital analogue of the registration number in cars. It will allow you to identify the device uniquely. Drone makers will be given 18 months to release devices that support Remote ID, and operators will have another year to get IDs.
