RemoteID Cloaking Device How-To! Spoofer generates fake RemoteID signatures!

[@mikeselectricstuff]

It's not a spoofer, it's a RID receiver tester 😀

[@KTPDAILY]

BEST COMMENT!!! YES!!!

[@CarbonGlassMan]

So if everyone hooked these up to their cars so it was always powered, it would overwhelm the system, making a drone as hard to locate as needle in a stack of needles.

[@dave882]

My car will be broadcasting by the end of the night.

[@richardamiss7000]

In theory, the broadcast could happen from a smartphone and only an app would be required.

[@dropzone01]

Well yes and no. This still hard encodes the GPS location so it would still only show the location you program. Your idea would work better by having the GPS location fed by an attached GPS module. That way it would always be broadcasting the spoofed ID in the area you are at.

[@theskyisminefpv1218]

Haystack, no? needle in a haystack

[@dropzone01]

@@theskyisminefpv1218 I think they said needle in a stack of "needles" bcz they would all be the same. Hiding the Drone around a bunch of (fake) drones rather than trying to hide it in a pile of something else. But yes, I think haystack would also work and get the point across.

[@ojsh_]

Are remote ID serial numbers intended to be publicly available info? If so, the system has major security risk - if anyone can take that ID and use in a spoofing program to simulate your aircraft. No remote ID based evidence will ever hold up in court. Presume this could be the downfall of the whole system?

[@benargee]

It's so dumb. Identification should only be accessable to authorities. People should only be able to report drones anonymously and the authorities can reveal the information and use their discretion whether there are any laws being broken. Civilians should not be able to have the info to be vigilantes. As for legitimacy when spoofing exists, if cryptography is used to sign beacon packets, legitimacy could be verified. But again, cryptography should also protect the privacy of the drone pilot from civilians. The pilot database should not be public either.

[@knight907]

@@benargeeThere’s nothing in the ATSM standard for RID signals to incorporate cryptographic signatures. The mere fact that this exists completely invalidates RID as evidence of anything.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

People use these in homes for "smart home" automation also. Led strips, Light sensors and the works. It wouldn't surprise me if some of that is popping up to some people as "drones" lmfao.

[@darkstarrtech]

@@crisnmaryfam7344 You really your joke is funny enough to post on three different comments?

[@pyalot]

@@knight907 wow, not only are the IDs made public, there's also no cryptographic signing over timestamp, location and ID? I had a feeling the system was dumb, but this dumb... speechless.

[@madhtrr]

I'm gonna find the nearest hornet's nest and set it as a ground station. 😁

[@VogxelFPV]

and then fly to very illegal levels so they come over 😂😂

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Some people are commenting that this is definitely illegal. I'm not convinced. I'm not a lawyer, and you're probably not a lawyer either, and the person whose video you're probably quoting when you say it's illegal -- he isn't a lawyer either, and he's not even a U.S. resident. So let's all just take a big step back and think about this. Could this be illegal under some "interfering with a system" law? Yup. If the government wants to screw you over, they will find some law to charge you with. Look at what happened to Aaron Swartz (link: bit.ly/3ronrJB). But it's not a given that using the RemoteID spoofer is illegal. Consider this: intentionally jamming RF signals is illegal, right? Yes. If I were to get a microwave oven and put it in the middle of a shopping mall and turn it on with the express intent of jamming wifi in the mall, that would be illegal. But if I was making a cup of tea with that same microwave oven, that would not be illegal, because my intent is to make a cup of tea, not to interfere with the system. So any law that hinges on intent to interfere requires the government to prove your intent. In addition, the Spoofer does not prevent the RemoteID system from working. Legitimate RemoteID broadcasts are still transmitted and received, and all RemoteID systems work correctly. What if I was to do the same thing by buying 15 DJI Avatas and plugging them all in so they broadcast RemoteID information? Would that be illegal? What if I was to do the same thing by hiring 15 friends to come hover the DJI Avatas in the area while I fly? Is that illegal? Obviously not, even though the effect is exactly the same as with this RemoteID spoofer. My point is that there is no law that requires RemoteID trasmissions to be sent only be an actual SUAS (as far as I know). Any way that the gov tries to make this illegal will hinge on their interpretation of your intent, and intent can be difficult to prove if you just keep your mouth shut. BUT if you get into a situation where you have to defend your intent against the gov, you're probably already in deep shit, so better to just not get in that situation in the first place.

[@TheCablebill]

The intent of broadcasting decoy signals is obviously to defeat the utility of RID for those who would use it. I can't imagine any ather interpretation. However, interestingly, it uses spectrum and corresponding equipment that is type certified for unlicensed general purpose use. Not the case for ADSB which has its own spectrum and dedicated equipment. So you're clean(Ish) with the FCC, sorta. Yet I wouldn't put it past some prosecutor to cook up any kind if charge - maybe some kind of terrorism? for inducing panic, perhaps...

[@Sislith]

xjet recently made a video showing how they could ding you for doing this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaaqf2mXaNxlfLM

[@richardamiss7000]

@TheCablebill the inducing panic argument implies that all drones are scary, which could be spun into the govt is inducing panic by releasing this app and system.

[@RickLaBanca]

The intent with this is obvious other that you’re testing rid detectors. But if you put it near an airport you’re easily screwed and it’s not legal.

[@ichi1082]

>Any way that the gov tries to make this illegal will hinge on their interpretation of your intent, and intent can be difficult to prove if you just keep your mouth shut. Yeah, you got that right. You didn't keep your mouth shut at all and your video leaves no room for any other interpretation from your side. I can't imagine publishing a video like this will be very beneficial your channel (in light of YTs Harmful or dangerous content policies and people not liking you as a person reporting this video). That said, I respect that you did it and I wish more "content creators" were like you. Kudos.

[@richiebricker]

What happens when one of these modules gets turned on inside an airport? Are they gonna call Bruce Willis out of retirement?

[@antonnym214]

If remote ID were anything NEAR constitutional, I wouldn't object. But CLEARLY it violates the first amendment freedom of press clause that means they can't infringe on public photography. Also it violates the fourth amendment. You do not have to provide ID if you are not doing anything illegal, so screw this law at the molecular level! All good wishes.

[@Nine_883]

Gotta love Open Source! Good job Arduino dudes. Can’t wait to see how this evolves and it will! Set it out somewhere in the general area, but not near where you are standing.

[@llIIllIlllIIlI]

ADSB isn't on a frequency set aside for private use like Bluetooth and Wifi are. I am pretty sure the reason you can't spoof ADSB legally is that you can't broadcast legally on those frequencies unless it is for ADSB, which has been blessed by the FCC as well as the FAA. The FAA does not own the frequencies at play here and likely has over stepped their authority by co-opting them for air traffic control.

[@enginerdy]

Transmitting “harmful interference” is illegal no matter what band it’s on. Playing with fire here, moreso than flying a drone without an ID.

[@ukrainewarroom]

You can easily run this off a solar panel & small battery and then put them in lots of places... Not like they cost a lot.

[@andrewerickson6690]

Love this idea you could add a pi 0 to turn it on and off too so it's hard to locate

[@Guitarist33764]

JB, love your content. I am watching the evolution of RID. There is definitely going to be/is a market for Karen Countermeasures. That's all I will say, to go on, it would cut into hours of flying time.... Keep up the great content!

[@conorstewart2214]

This is a good first attempt. It can and should get a lot better than this. It would probably be worth them switching to ESP32 since they are more powerful. You can get ones with external antennas and there shouldn’t be any issues adding a GPS module to it. A potentially good board to use would be the XIAO with the ESP32C3. It has an external antenna and is tiny. If size isn’t important then any ESP32 board with external antenna would be a good option. ESP32 boards also have Bluetooth so you could create a phone app to alter settings like GPS coordinates, number of drones, etc if you wanted.

[@MakerOnTheMove]

According to the github page, it looks like they've already added ESP32 support.

[@underwoodblog]

There are ESP32 boards with a GPS module on board.

[@PilotPlater]

The fact the esp can transmit the rid protocol gives me hope. Much cheaper than off the shelf modules to start, and I could see a variation of this project which shows the required rid information but with some obfuscated or filtered information - a happy medium between compliance and noncompliance perhaps?

[@lavachemist]

It kind of sucks that you can't just buy/lease a RID transponder code from the FAA, because then you could easily make a DIY RID module and comply.

[@conorstewart2214]

@@lavachemist it will be the FAA trying to prevent things like this. If they only let authorised manufacturers have a code then they can control it more.

[@conorstewart2214]

It is a good idea if they allow it. They may make it a requirement to have a certified remote ID module from specific manufacturers with no tampering.

[@jaysonrees738]

The FAA has already shown that they only want authorized "tamperproof" modules to be allowed as compliant. Despite the fact that DIY'ers have shown that they can easily spoof or even perfectly replicate the functions for less, that's just too cheap and easy for the likes of such bureaucrats.

[@lijath]

Only if we had a dump of all of the codes, oh wait we already do.

[@vonSchwartzwolfe]

From what I've been seeing the RID modules only have a range of about 200 to 500 ft from the aircraft. I can see the ones with the 200 ft range becoming the best sellers.😎👍

[@YorkyPoo_UAV]

All of those files JB has blurred out are all AI generated NSFW Images😅

[@Mupshot]

in theory, you have also given information on how to build your own RID module for legit purposes for those who wish to comply, but cant afford a certified device. Yes, it wont fit the letter of the law, but could get your local PD to simply walk away.

[@jaysonrees738]

The issue is getting a legitimate serial number to go with it. I guess a person could buy a single real module, then just spoof their own real number off of non-compliant modules for cheaper.

[@Mupshot]

@@jaysonrees738 excelent point. put the same serial on each quad

[@tk-maker]

there are RID project with ardupilot, but your DIY RID wont get approve by FAA because it is not tamper-proof. It is only possible to do it by manufacturers and cheap ESP chip.

[@Mupshot]

@@tk-maker the point is to keep local pd satisfied to not escalate to faa

[@lililililililili8667]

@@tk-maker put tamper proof screws on it and it magically becomes tamper proof

[@TroyCollier]

I could fly 1000000x and nobody is using that app to come find my location unless I'm flying in front of their windows looking in their house for 6 months straight. I'm always curious why you guys worry so much about someone funding you. There is a better chance of me getting shot in New York on the subway and I live in Florida.

[@marinehm]

I have an ESP32 with BT 5. Let me try that for better range. Or is this broadcasted via pcb antenna? Then see if I can port that over to micropython.

[@661FPV]

Sweet secret unlisted video here! Definitely doing this! Xoxoxo

[@antonnym214]

I like the way you think! Bless you! As a patriot, I subscribed immediately.

[@BooDevil65]

Can I use this to Make *my* UAV's RID always be below 400 feet and within 100 yards (LoS) of me? 😏

[@airplaneian]

I don't love remote ID but using a tool like this is a bad idea and I'm bummed to see it promoted here. Quiet noncompliance is one thing, actively broadcasting phony data is another entirely.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Stupid question, but couldn't we just make the esp8266 node mcu work AS a RID if we wanted??? Not saying I want to comply, or will, but might be nice to make one for $10 ;)

[@bigdatapimp]

Can't wait for the lawsuits. I guarantee the FAA will cry about this.

[@shanesdiy]

Install that on the aircraft, should increase the range if up in the air. The NodeMCU doesn't use much power and it's pretty small, power it from the flight battery, add an antenna.

[@MrCottonmouth]

Looks like I'll be using this for my remote id😆

[@MrCottonmouth]

And it's way cheaper than a rid unit

[@conorstewart2214]

@@MrCottonmouth it depends if you are allowed to make your own or if you have to buy an FAA certified one. If you have to buy an FAA certified one then there is no point trying to make your own because it will be as bad as flying without one.

[@jaysonrees738]

@@conorstewart2214 Technically it would probably be worse if they caught you, but how many cops do you know of that can tell the difference between a real RID module and a fake? You could probably point at your RX and they'd believe you. Even an FAA official might not know without looking up what's authorized.

[@MrCottonmouth]

I realize this may not be a good idea, but it's fun to imagine.

[@FPVenius]

FYI, the Usage section of the readme shows how to enter your own GPS coords (as of the time of this writing.) TL;DR: within 2 minutes of turning on the device, go to a local URI and enter your coordinates. After 2 minutes, it starts spoofing.

[@JoshFisk]

On a unrelated note, small 5v solar panels could probably output decent wattage...

[@iceviper222]

Small solar battery banks, add an antenna and put it in a waterproof container and just scatter them around all the places you fly 😂

[@greghill2368]

Okay so why do we have to have the remote ID thing on the drone.. couldn't that be handled with a gps sending coordinates back to the controller, then the controller hooks up to like your phone or something?

[@Drickon]

Did Amazon already sell out of these in an hour?

[@Deploracle]

Why are people complying with this (especially Americans)?

[@_Piers_]

You can buy ESP8266 boards with connections for external antenna ( Wemos D1 Mini Pro) I've only tested these over short distances though.

[@travaresaytch]

There is no way around it 😅stop being scared folks an just keep a pistol on u if u worried about someone taking your stuff

[@crazylolsbg]

I will definitely never use spoffing.🙂 And it will start sending fake drones as soon as you plug it in?

[@airgunningcolorado78]

I would never have 4 of them running at the same time 🎉

[@SparkerFPV]

@@airgunningcolorado78 And I would never make them solar powered so they can be placed all over and turn on every day when the sun comes up..

[@tk-maker]

your phone (Karen phone) will be too weak to detect those fake RID from far.... I done the test at 100m, It is very simmilar to scanning your neightbour wifi SSID 10 block away.

[@chuckwain5591]

I am a HAM radio guy and EE. The frequency spectrum is very carefully allocated by the FCC. Both Bluetooth and WiFi are open public parts of the spectrum. FAA can make all the rules they want but these are public frequencies. I see no way they can keep people from using them anyway they want, e.g. spoofing. I used to fly in a park in the Phoenix, AZ area. One side of it had a bunch of homes with WiFi in them. We would consistently get interference with video when flying near them. How is this different than this ESP32 project? The FAA is way out of it league on this. For another example of the FAA vs the FCC read up on the radio altimeter mess that full scale aviation is dealing with. The FAA tried force cell companies to abandon frequencies they had just paid big bucks for because of possible interference with poorly designed radio altimeters. After lots of posturing the FAA lost, the radio altimeters have to be updated to filter out the cell phone frequencies. This should have been the case from the start but the radio altimeter manufacturers wanted to save some $'s and did poor design. They got away with for a long time as no one was on the adjacent frequencies, now that has changed.

[@Nilloc777]

What a great use for all the esp’s I have left over from making slime trackers! Thanks

[@1etunimi1sukunimi]

Flying alone in a park with this device gets you in trouble in no time. Some Karen asks You if You have a remote id, what do you say? Yes? Then Why is there no pilot on Your exact location? Hello police. Thinking of "not complying remoteid (as said in the last video) wont have an effect" is false also. Police can easily take your equipment away for inspection after suspecting foul play. I guess You can go around that by having 16 transmitters and so on, but what is the cost of that? Flying sub 250 g seems to be the only way, unless You wanna risk getting harassed at Your exact coordinates using a legal remoteid (aka complying). Actually the more no remoteid pilots with legal sub 250 g the more false reports to police by Karens. That's imho an effective way to overwhelm the system.

[@tk-maker]

yup, totally pointless for spaming RID, there are many positive way to use RID or dont use it :)

[@crckdns]

There was an update to the code. It lets the ESP open own access point for wlan the first 30 seconds or so, where you can add own gps coordinates.

[@miquelmarti6537]

It would be sick to have this installed on the EPS32 module from the HDZero googles, broadcasting some fake pilot positions evry time I turn them on.

[@glenmiller1437]

Josh, this video has a big blank-ish section on the end.

[@JoshuaBardwell]

Thanks. I'm fixing it.

[@londenard]

What I don't understand is why you would do through all these steps instead of just not complying at all? Just don't buy a module in the first place. I've been reasonably convinced that FPV drones weren't the FAA's main concern to begin with. The vast majority of FPV pilots don't comply with existing regs and rules (spotters, registration, Trust Test, etc) why would this be any different?

[@tk-maker]

yes, just dont buy it! full stop!

[@AlexLebed]

for anyone interested, there's special watch with this module.

[@carlhoward5469]

I'm going to have to put one of these onboard each of my drones. 😉 I have plenty of ESP8266 modules that have been just laying around waiting for a fun project.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

Could do some accent lighting in your house. Ive watched a lot of videos now of people using these modules to run smart home automation stuff. Motion sensors turning lights on, or to control multiple LED strips similar (or identical to) how a Govee LED system works.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

Finally a product related to RID I can get behind.

[@GigaBrand]

Could some smart hacker make a bit of malware that infects Bluetooth capable devices and Make them chirp out RID at random? A botnet like this would completely compromise the RID system.

[@SueMyChin]

We just need a phone app and we're sorted though

[@moretoliving2236]

How would one power this? With usb portable charge bank or 2/3/4/6s battery? For educational purposes, of course. Is it possible to "name" the drones like "Karen B Gone" "Karen B Gone 2" "Never Gonna Give It Up 4"? Thank you for being awesome Joshua.

[@tk-maker]

The nodeMCU is regulated with Ams1117 voltage regulator chip with v range 5-12v, you needs a BEC or draw from FC.

[@tk-maker]

FYI - The naming, from the source code it is defined as 16 characters, first two char is country code so you will get country flag in drone scanner app.

[@tanker7757]

I wonder if you could hack the app using malicious drone names

[@michaelmatthews6421]

This is only an educational video!! Lol awesome. Thanks JB

[@tk-maker]

I even mod the code for random RF power, trust me not practical. but is is fun.

[@CONFUCIUS-f2x]

I remember the wild west in 2013 with my Blade Qx 350 flying with that old gopro. No rules, pure fun .

[@f2004w]

32 min out, and that device is sold out from Amazon 😢 Edit: This is odd. The video is out 35 minutes and I see 20h old comments.

[@tanker7757]

It’s been released to his Patreon first I suspect

[@marinehm]

I have an ESP32 with BT 5. Let me try that for better range. Or is this broadcasted via pcb antenna?

[@justinkelch4837]

I could see this leading to ban of fpv in general...

[@tanker7757]

All I need to make an fpv is a 3d printer a esp chip and some copper wire mount a camera to that

[@seattleitefpv]

This device has nothing to do with FPV in particular.

[@tanker7757]

@@seattleitefpv They where part of faa justification as they could better keep track of them while there flipping around witch ironically is utter horse crap if you think about how fast fpv is beacase gps would be wildly inaccurate

[@xRenegade44x]

love this. I'm curious if maybe getting an ESP32 with onboard Bluetooth you could then show the board your location via your phones Bluetooth and it could create the Shadow drones based off of that? would it need an app to support? Just spit balling, thanks for the video.

[@stevefox3763]

Im in the UK and we dont have remote I.D but if we did, 100% i would be connecting the ESP32 to a 8w 2.4ghz RF amplifier and blasting out the spoofed data! I have 4w amps but 8w amps are cheap enough that i would buy one just for this, anyone looking to do this, look up the EDUP line of RF amplifers.

[@tk-maker]

most of the country has law not to broadcast high power wireless although 2.4Ghz is free to use band. you might get charge with other law lol

[@stevefox3763]

@@tk-maker Ha, ha, since when did anyone in this hobby care about power level requirements! I have a ground based vehicle running 4w Digital FPV on the 2.4ghz WiFi band :)

[@tk-maker]

@@stevefox3763 haha, you right! our VTX is transmiting 1.2w, nobody cares unless you draw their attention...like spaming the sky with fake ID

[@colebtl]

JB: Like for example the Rotor Riot office, we're gonna right click and we're gonna get the GPS coordinate, put that right here.... Somewhere in Florida: FAA!! DREW CAMDEN YOU'RE UNDER ARREST!!

[@jayfpv9376]

Thanks JB. Great first arduino project. Everything worked as expected including the successful upload. Then nothing after the "Hard RST reset" message. No blinky blue light. No indication power is connected. OpenDroneID detects my actual RemoteID, but no spoofed ones show in the list. Anyone got any thoughts?

[@gangleweed]

As the Brits say......"never let the bastards grind you down".....LOL Imagine making your location the middle of a swamp......when the alligators have finished feeding on the busy bodies there will be peace.

[@billhove2906]

First of all, this is awesome. I'm an old guy, so i have already purchased the actual RID module ($140) But I'd love one of these because the park we fly at is filled with karens. Looks complicated for a guy that has difficulty resetting his microwave clock display. Someone needs to start selling testers/training devices so Karen can learn how to use the "drone finder app" on her phone. I bet Karen would pay $50 to help keep the world safe from fun. Nobody would ever use such a device to prevent Karen from her self-appointed duties. Probably important to be able to set altitude, speed and gps fence for the 'training drones' so the training app can ensure that Karen understands how to use her app.

[@Njubish]

This is cool, but absolutely illegal, lol. Remember, Karen has access to the data but it's the authorities that asked for it... for security reasons... so if you get caught in a no fly zone with a spoofer you're going to have a BAD TIME.

[@clotheman]

This is GREAT. Come September 16 when RemoteIDs are strictly enforced especially. Im pissed I own a DJI Mini Pro 3 and fly under the hobbiest license because my drone is 249g less than the FAAs requirement. Yet my Drone came with a RemoteID? Maybe they're trying to cover all countries or whatever but my drone should have never come with a RemoteID it if it was specifically designed not to need it... Other than that, I couldn't speak more highly of this model drone. Please buy your DJ while you still can they've blocked them for use in most government agencies because they're from China and it wouldn't surprise me if it won't be available soon at all! 😅🎉 Legally all I have to do is take a bery into test and im good. No FAA no RemoteID. The electrical engineering me wants to rip it out or jam the signal at least!! Seriously though WHY!!?

[@carlettoburacco9235]

Made the law, found the deception. This is what happens when "someone" creates a silly and annoying rule that you can't enforce and without having an idea of the (cheap) simple technology that can be used against it. One of those boards can be bought for $3....$1.5 if bought without the USB module to program it, which can be purchased separately for the same price. For $10 you can have 6 working ones. I believe it is also possible to program them to send multiple IDs. It would be truly awful, illegal and malicious if thousands of people who disagree with the law programmed tens of thousands of "flying" fake IDs over the FAA offices .......... truly awful.... ......truly terrible.

[@therickmarcus]

The node is used in ws2811 pixels, too. Another hobby of mine. I could program and see if i could do two in one!

[@NoOneFPV]

If I could hit thumb-up 1000 times... 10,000 times.... I would. Sadly, I can only hit it once. >.

[@leewashington4991]

Your Video was very goo until after installing the Arduino There is nor file to copy and paste for the ESP8266 board???

[@edwinkania5286]

Just like a Deauther!!!

[@dj13579100]

Wonder if the flipper zero could have an addon bord made for this

[@basretie5179]

Make a spoofer like this and set the location on your favorite zone... altitude 50 meters high.. (you wont see the drone anyway). Broadcast from your car and fly the drone. Maybe it is even possible to putt your info in the spoofer... exploitation number etc etc... And you got a legit drone with a legit remote ID ( but maybe a mile off track).

[@CactusJackSlade]

Keep in mind that jamming, altering, spoofing a RID signal in a restricted airspace (such as an airport, municipality etc) is considered national infrastructure - and therefore an act of terrorism. Nobody in the drone world is happy about RID, just be careful with the work arounds, and be aware of the consequences.

[@Cyenergy3]

Don't worry you won't see any of mine on that appy 😅

[@Mike-01234]

They plan to move to the network system eventually so it will make this much more difficult.

[@ChrisQuadFPV]

Chris Quad FPV

[@MrEye4get]

Big opportunity for a person to make a custom RID masking box, with GPS and antenna included.

[@robaxelsson530]

… think of this of a “radar detector” … yes, In some states they are “illegal” when being used… RID is gonna have a hard enough time locating “gps drones”.. trying to locate a small “module” sending spoofing info among all other things.. Local LEO are not going to bother Now… we just need to make sure this “info” stays available to us..

[@sinebar]

I'm concerned about RID as a female drone pilot. I don't want everyone with a smart phone knowing where I am so this little device could be a game changer for safety.

[@Willy_Tepes]

You worry about male stalkers. We worry about a tyrannical police state. Your concerns suddenly seem small, don't they?

[@lesto12321]

There are different class of RID. External ones does not transmit pilot position, only the one integral to the drone. But maybe im confusing with the EU variant

[@sinebar]

@@Willy_Tepes Only if you think rape and murder of innocent females are trivial. Do you?

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@sinebar In comparison to a police state, yes. If that picture is you, you do not have to worry.

[@Willy_Tepes]

@videoleech Like worrying about hair loss at Chernobyl.

[@AwosAtis]

Just so ya know, I stopped watching this video as soon as I realized where it is going as I don't want the FAA, FBI or the IRS knocking on my door asking about my web browsing intentions!

[@LetsG0BrandonFJB]

How many Karen's are actually going to even know enough to download a drone scanner app🤣🤣. I'm all against this new remote ID BS! but I think it's gonna be the techies who will be downloading and even knowing about this drone scanner?

[@benporter6576]

Perhaps I am being Naive, but for 57 y/o me with my hanger of old planes, don't I just need to set this thing off at the house before Ieave? Enter the coordinates of where I'll be flying? Would a vpn be enough of a shield?

[@ewkerman4185]

This has been thought of. FAA will consider this disrupting government operations. Same if you do a denial of service attack on their server.

[@dfwfpv]

It's worth noting that while this will work, it uses wifi, and Apple doesn't allow apps to use wifi properly to pull the info. This means that yes, this device will work - but if you're on iOS, none of the apps will pick it up.

[@llIIllIlllIIlI]

Which is also true for actual remote id.

[@dash8465]

Just because the regulatory verbiage does not explicitly state spoofing is illegal you can be certain that spoofing it is illegal in some other way, most likely within the FCC regs as a blanket prohibition of malicious broadcasting, or interfering with law enforcement, or they cant come up with some “endangered aircraft safety” charge.. Be clear on this when dealing with the government.. they can charge you with anything they want, including a felony for this.. and continue to prosecute you using endless taxpayer dollars until you are bankrupt trying to fend them off. Your only hope is a judge seeing it and dismissing with prejudice, which is highly unlikely, because after all.. you are out there f’n with the feds and the system.

[@tk-maker]

exactly

[@JoshuaBardwell]

You're right. The gov will find a way to screw you if they want to. That's always true. But there is a difference between, "this is expressly illegal," and, "we have to make up something to charge you with."

[@tanker7757]

oKAy BuDy who’s to stop a climate activist who shut down major roads on a Dalily basis from doing this

[@tanker7757]

Good thing he’s not in america then they can’t charge him without hassel

[@tk-maker]

@@tanker7757 bad thing is broadcasting something to disrupt authorities is a crime

[@BabaYagaFPV]

Put it on your quad? Then it’s your ID and a bunch of spoofs so makes it difficult to know which one is you, thus where you actually are? I feel like this is a violation though, some fine print or old obscure regulation somewhere.

[@robertfpv7733]

I’m gonna fallow Karin around the park and call her stupid when should can’t find the kid minding his own business flying a quad 😂😂😂

[@duderguy1571]

Tomorrow Joshua, omg there's 10 million drones over my house!🤣

[@timdawg53]

I have used the ESP8266 and ESP32 boards for some IOT projects like temperature and humidity sensors. They are dev boards similar to Arduino boards. I'm pretty sure you can get a GPS module that would communicate with these boards. It's also possible to modify the code so that you could configure the GPS coordinates on a webpage, instead of having to recompile the program to change the coordinates. I would think it would be illegal to spoof ADS-B data, but it's just an unencrypted data packet, so it wouldn't be hard to do.

[@thegreenpickel]

Yes, I2C or UART, NEMA or UBX protocol makes it really straight forward. I prefer Ublox UBX since you can receive only the data you want without all the NEMA sentence noise. With UBX you can pull data when ready instead of polling for data.

[@almostasaxplayer]

Anybody seen Serenity? "Cry baby, cry! Make your mother sigh..." Shiny.

[@-private8214]

just wait for me to get some 50W transmitter and transmit RemoteID drones to spell stuff on a map, mayblike some fpvfc qr code or something idk

[@gladperson116]

Nice I bought one years ago and now I have a use for it! Lol

[@rhadiem]

Now watch people put them everywhere with an intermittent broadcast schedule, and randomized id's.

[@sethu.uumez-eronini7339]

It would be nice if the FAA makes it mandatory for those people monitoring pilots on their phones to broadcast their location and ip address. This doesn’t solve the problem but it would also make them worried about monitoring drones. We don’t want them to know our location neither do they. It should add to our safety a little bit.

[@_c_y_p_3]

I seen a real pilot do that, I think it was an F35 fast as lightning. During the Exercises in Europe June 12 23.

[@hradynarski]

Well this can be used to transmit real id by adding GPS to it. Should be legal and cheap.

[@thedeadbaby]

this doesn't seem as effective as you think it is. They'll just track the non-static drone that appears to be moving across their phone screen.

[@dozer5069]

Just fit the ESP spoofer to a drone (with GPS)... voila.. chaos!

[@ericapelz260]

How many spoofers will be built with 9volt batteries and placed on random rooftops via slingshot?

[@hardycherry2801]

Wait, so if I want to be compliant with the law, can I just strap this to my drone (after I figure out how to power it) and use this instead of the $100 option?

[@Dartheomus]

How to become a domestic terrorist with just 3 simple steps! (Interfering with critical infrastructure)

[@SueMyChin]

Any reason we can't use an app on our phones to generate the signal? They all have GPS and the ability to communicate two way via WiFi and Bluetooth. Wifi hotpots use the 2.4 band just like the RID network too. I believe that if we don't add in a GPS location roughly matching the radio signal source, they could easily filter out the signals that don't tie into the GPS locations.

[@conorstewart2214]

Phones don’t allow low level access to the wifi chip, MCUs do.

[@SueMyChin]

@@conorstewart2214 Ahh, so they would need to be rooted or something if it was even possible at all.

[@conorstewart2214]

@@SueMyChin it probably isn't possible using any form of OS. It just isn't really feasible to do on phones.

[@jaysonrees738]

Many consumer electronics limit what can be accomplished with a piece of wireless hardware. Phones and wireless dongles are usually designed to do standard consumer functions and nothing more. While these pieces of hardware could technically output fancy non-standard signals, it would require them to be ripped from their carrier device and controlled by specialized hardware. Best to get something already rigged to do such things.

[@SueMyChin]

@@jaysonrees738 Thanks for the clarifications

[@lijath]

Someone can make a lot of money manufacturing this so they're plug and play maybe even with a battery bank so you could just flip it on and throw it in your pocket.

[@alextravine9422]

Bro, if a person set up multiple of the devices in an area, that fixes the range issue and makes a safe fly zone for everyone. And by safe i mean karen proof

[@kikassadin]

Cool but I think the amount of "karens" That are up to date with using the FAA's current remote ID is extremely low. These people are not that tech literate

[@freman]

could have it scan for remote id and figure out gps from that, or have it open a ap/webserver and connect to it from your phone and do a quick gps update...

[@jcooper614]

Although I could probably use this to make remote ID quite a bit cheaper.