I just found out about this.
It may help with some privacy issues from ADSB
https://www.faa.gov/pilots/ladd/request/

I've used it on 2 different personal airplanes and it works great. Was never able to find any ADS-B data on either of them online.

I blocked my first plane when this was first available, blocked my current plane before I even flew it home, always at the FAA source level.

Now the problem is the tech, that ADSB or mode S is broadcasting in the clear, so it’s only blocked on the more official tracking sites who care about what the FAA requests.

Anyone with a couple hundred bucks can put a tracker anywhere that will track anything broadcasting 1090/978,





and if they so choose they can upload that data to sites that don’t care if you ask to be blocked or not on sites likes this

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/


Blocking is good, but the real solution is a ADSB box that sends N0 for a tail number when set to 1200, there are a few that do this, think the tail beacon does, of course that also doesn’t work if you’re on a code. Just goes to reaffirm the S in ADSB doesn’t stand for safety

I think this works pretty good. There is a couple of planes that I track that have done this and I only get notifications of them flying occasionally. It’s like a 90% solution. Private enough that the only entity you might need to worry about is the FAA.

Frivolous, but expensive FAA actions are the biggest threat sadly.

Tracking with ADSB exchange shows blocked just the same as unblocked

And let’s be real, the big threat is a busy body trying to make trouble with the FAA, second threat are abusive landing fees, I shot a approach, never touched down, broke off at mins, got a automated bill to the planes registered address based off ADSBS

Lots of articles on this

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/articl ... ds-b-data/