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This isn’t a “lack of information security”, the whole point of transponders is the broadcast your aircraft identity and position.

Having to coordinate with every ATC jurisdiction along a flight path would be extra work and leave room for errors.

Additionally it wouldn’t work for flights that don’t have a planned route, like a civil aviation pilot who’s just cruising.

It’s akin to having a license plate on your car.



It will work, it's called "Privacy ICAO Address" (PIA) by the FAA, and it's already being phased in: https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/privacy/




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