[HN Gopher] Uncensored ADSB aircraft tracking network
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Uncensored ADSB aircraft tracking network
Author : AWildC182
Score : 37 points
Date : 2020-02-18 22:13 UTC (46 minutes ago)
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| jmccorm wrote:
| I think I'm willing to take one of my RTL-SDR dongles, hook it up
| to the Raspberry Pi, and start giving them a regular feed. If
| only just to identify a few pesky helicopters that fly over the
| house that aren't showing up on flightradar24 like everything
| else. I can appreciate this service.
| 650REDHAIR wrote:
| Yeah I paid for FR24 and notice a lot of aircraft "flying under
| the radar" and aren't marked. This is neat.
| AWildC182 wrote:
| This was actually how I stumbled upon it. There was a
| helicopter with a camera gimbal and what appeared to be a radar
| pod of some sort circling my city. I wanted to see if it was
| related to our local dystopian-augmented-reality-aerial-
| imaging-startup and lo and behold, their similarly unlisted
| cessna caravan covered in camera and weapon pylons was flying
| nearby...
| 650REDHAIR wrote:
| Tail number? That sounds like something interesting to watch!
| mysterydip wrote:
| I did this a few months back and was pleased with the amount of
| traffic I could see, even with my amateur setup.
| WrtCdEvrydy wrote:
| Damn, this is probably the best idea I've seen all week (I have
| my pi zero with pi sugar and a eink display just sitting around
| doing nothing.
| AWildC182 wrote:
| Context: As of the beginning of 2020 all aircraft are required to
| have ADS-B out capability. This means that they periodically
| broadcast their GPS position unencrypted, along with their speed,
| altitude, heading and tail number.
|
| Most networks like Flight Aware allow owners to blacklist
| aircraft such that their tracks do not appear on the site. This
| is typical of corporate aviation departments and private jet
| owners as they don't want their movements to be available to
| rivals/hedge funds or the media. Additionally military aircraft
| are typically not reported.
|
| Edit: also, for those who are unaware, unlike license plates
| which are _generally_ unsearchable, tail-numbers as reported by
| ADS-B are publicly searchable with registration and history
| information available on the FAA website:
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| https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?N...
| jacquesm wrote:
| I wonder whether those hedge fund people have smartphones and
| if they do whether they choose Apple, Android or do not care.
| That would be pretty valuable information in the wrong hands,
| all it takes is one silly game with a permission too many and
| your goose is cooked.
| TigeriusKirk wrote:
| Not quite all aircraft are required to have ADS-B in all
| situations, there are a number of edge cases out there. But
| close enough, I suppose, and most planes people would want to
| track are required to have it.
|
| However, there's also a new privacy initiative that allows
| aircraft to fly under temporary ids. The FAA will still know
| who they are, but for 3rd parties it will become much more
| difficult to determine.
|
| https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2019/december/2...
| AWildC182 wrote:
| Good points all around. I figured the exceptions were
| esoteric enough to not bother with immediately but are very
| valid.
|
| I'm interested in seeing where the proposal goes. I'm not
| sure where I stand on the issue but I'm curious of others
| opinions.
| milofeynman wrote:
| I would like to set one of these up. Is there an extensive guide
| that explains where to put the sensor, how to setup the pi, etc?
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