How the FAA's Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) program lets pilots keep ADS-B safety benefits while hiding their identity from public flight trackers.
VectorAireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.
VectorRadio Hangar explores ADS-B Spoofing, the Unauthenticated Broadcast, and Why the System That Sees Every Airplane Will Believe an Airplane That Isn't There.
VectorFlightAware has sued prediction-market operator Kalshi over flight-tracking data and trademark use, raising big questions about who owns the data pilots rely on.
TowerHow volunteer-built receiver networks use multilateration to fill the surveillance gaps that FAA ADS-B infrastructure alone cannot cover.
VectorThe FAA's Privacy ICAO Address program scrambles database lookups to obscure aircraft identity, but the unencrypted 1090 MHz signal remains visible to anyone with a $25 receiver.
VectorFlight trackers show pilots far more than position data - groundspeed variations, step climbs, and oceanic routing decisions are all readable in real time.
TowerA $25 USB receiver exposed a structural privacy gap in ADS-B Out - the same mandatory broadcast system that makes modern aviation safer.
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