ADS-B broadcasts your aircraft's position to anyone listening - here's what LADD and the Privacy ICAO Address program actually protect, and where they fall short.
The 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.
The FAA's Privacy ICAO Address program lets aircraft broadcast ADS-B position data without revealing their tail number to independent receivers and tracking databases.