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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by daniel-cussen on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:49PM (#31589141)
License plates also. It's not new.

I think it's fine, if you're going that fast, you can't be anonymous. Airplanes aren't, missiles sure as shit aren't, the whole atmosphere is under surveillance for anything larger than a baseball.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by dghlsakjg on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:49PM (#31590715)
I fly a light sport plane (Canadian Ultralight which is not the same as a US ultralight) in airspace controlled by the military over an airbase. It is frankly astounding how often they lose me on radar coverage while in their airspace. I have a Mode C transponder blasting my data out to them as well.

The capabilities that the military/government pretend to have are VERY different than the capabilities they actually have.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by runnerup on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:54PM (#31589188)
Being able to track passengers is a bit new
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