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Re:I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes... by globular-toast on Saturday January 22, 2022 @07:18PM (#30042301)
Back when I first discovered flightradar24 it seemed like every plane I was curious about came up on there. The curious ones are mostly military planes as they don't follow standard routes and schedules. Then more and more I noticed stuff not appearing. Later I discovered ADSBExchange and things seemed to be on there. But now, again, I regular hear military planes right over my house with not a thing shown on ADSBExchange. I don't think it's a coverage issue as I always see the regular boring cargo planes that come this way. Is it really "uncensored"?
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Re:I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes... by mike_d on Sunday January 23, 2022 @01:25AM (#30044063)
Yes it is uncensored. Starting in 2019, aircraft conducting operations related to homeland security, law enforcement, national defense or intelligence can turn off ADSB out and communicate their location to the FAA out of band.
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Re:I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes... by sklargh on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:30PM (#30042755)
In sum, yes.
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