FAA is refunding drone registration fees illegally collected -- but you have to ask
If You Want Your Five Bucks Back, The FAA Is Refunding Drone Registrations http://gizmodo.com/if-you-want-your-five-bucks-back-the-faa-is-refunding-1796710785 Good news for drone hobbyists who were noble enough to register their aircrafts but could really use $5 right about now: The US Federal Aviation Administration is refunding registration fees and removing names from its registration database. - - - 'Cause taking the money in the first place wasn't legal. And the "remote ID" system being discussed will turn into a disaster, as it will be subverted by bad players who will simply ignore the identification requirements or find ways to identify using other people's IDs. More government "feel good" time and money wasting. Remember, everything you need to build and fly drones -- even autonomously without any radio links -- is fully open sourced. Hardware. Firmware. The works. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 --- Impeach Trump --- _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list https://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
