First Amendment
Publishing observations of public airspace activity is protected speech and protected press activity. We are journalists with sensors.
ADS-B is an unencrypted public broadcast required by FAA regulation. Recording, analyzing, and publishing aircraft activity is constitutionally protected speech. Here is the framework that makes our findings hold up.
Publishing observations of public airspace activity is protected speech and protected press activity. We are journalists with sensors.
Minimum safe altitudes over congested areas, residential, and uncongested zones. We document deviations against the published baseline.
Civil rights remedy where state actors — including agencies operating or contracting aircraft — violate constitutional rights under color of law.
Aircraft owned or operated by public agencies are subject to disclosure. We provide templates and tracking.
Our SHA-256 + Merkle chain satisfies authentication of digital records. Hashes are reproducible and tamper-evident.
Statistical anomaly detection with published baselines, peer-reviewable code, and known error rates clears the standard for expert evidence.
We do not provide legal advice. We provide evidence — clean, hashed, and exportable — to the attorney of your choice. We can refer you to civil rights practices that take qualifying cases on contingency.
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