My original purpose for posting and my real fear is that the likelihood of abuse is very high.
A simple example, someone with the app notices a drone nearby and assumes it must be spying on him or her. Being upset about this, he or she pulls out the handy drone jammer they bought on eBay and decides to use it, killing my control of my drone and causing it to spin away or crash. I may never even know why my drone just decided to disconnect and fly away. There goes my $3000 investment.
Another simple example, we are out taking some nice video over the coast. There are houses on shore, but I am not over them and am playing by the rules. A home owner with the app sees the drone and assumes I am trespassing. She or he calls the local “authorities” and provides my location. They come to investigate the complaint and demand my flight logs as proof of innocence. Sure, I could do that, and maybe it would be fine. Unless of course, the local authorities are paid security via a home owners association who don’t have any real authority, but “confiscate” your drone because you might be trespassing. Hassles and long delays, maybe lawyers involved to get your equipment back. Not to mention the privacy issues (am I required to show my flight logs to prove innocence now, what if we have to show my cars log of speed and location when I get pulled over to prove I wasn’t speeding, is that ok?)
I am consistently surprised by the willingness of a community of people to give up their rights to privacy and seeming comfort with excessive oversight. Common sense safety laws are appropriate, public tracking and recording of your movements is not.