Oh yeah, hadn't thought about that.Ok, let's just say everyone registers like they are suppose to. Then a beginner or someone that is not aware or does not registers their drone flys his/her drone into an aircraft, group of people, etc. causing great pain, injury, damage. This occurs in your area that you live . How long do you think before the press, tv news crews get a hold of the information which will be public, which I am sure you will be able to search by location and you are the closest drone operator to where the incident occurred. The registration is not a credit card theft, it's your personnel information tied to a drone and the press loves a hot story...even if their wrong. I only ask that the FAA comes to their senses and does not make the drone operators information public, let Law Enforcment do the job when their is an incident. As a side note I am not worried about my identity being stolen, that happen several years ago and now I'm a LifeLock member for life and every Christmas my ID is used to buy all types of cell phones and electronics! Fly safe and have fun.
It's like that time there was a shooting down the road from me and some guy was killed- no witnesses. They recovered a couple of .45 shells shot from a Glock 21. Next thing I knew cops, media and ATF were all over me cause I was the closest guy with a Glock 21....
Or that time back in the old neighborhood when my neighbor had White 1993 Nissan King Cab and there was that drive by shooting a few miles away where multiple witnesses saw a Nissan King Cab and my neighbor ended up in prison cause the media went crazy -- he was the closest... get where I'm going?
I just don't believe these scary scenarios have any merit. Maybe I'm thick headed and just can't grasp it?