Call me crazy, but I think any time, any where, without any exceptions whatsoever, someone wants to fly a multi-ton chunk of metal, they need to broadcast telemetry in a cleartext, open standard.

I understand that this might be disruptive to people who want to drop explosives on other people, and while this disruption is a fantastic benefit, it's only a side-effect.

To be sure, the relevant statutory regulation[1] didn't always read the way how it does.

[1] https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F...