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The same argument could be used about cars using roads or even pedestrians using sidewalks.

>>zajio1+(OP)
Yes. And it is. Pedestrians don’t have any right to privacy in public and we demand behaviors of them for the privilege of using public commons.

>>zajio1+(OP)
And when there is publicly available “who’s walking on the sidewalk” data they probably will

>>kasey_+A
Would love to read HN reactions if pedestrians were mandated to wear a GPS bracelet when outside.

>>forgot+1x
We all do it already with consent, using our phones.

>>jeanlo+lC
Not everyone holds a cell phone onto them neither there's public data for the position of each one.

>>forgot+1x
“We should remove transponders from private airplanes as the occupants privacy is more important than the safety they provide” is certainly a plank someone could run on if they wanted to change the current laws.

>>kasey_+wX
Instead of removing transponders, perhaps just randomize identifiers before each fly, so individual planes cannot be tracked?