The rapid proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, has led regulators worldwide to mandate Remote Identification (Remote ID) mechanisms, enabling authorities and other airspace stakeholders to identify and track civilian drones in real time. A Remote ID is a digital license plate that the drone periodically broadcasts or transmits to an Internet-connected backend server. This master’s thesis topic will explore the and extend the state of the art of the security and privacy implications of current drone remote ID systems.

The student should be proficient in:

• Connection-less and connection-oriented BLE and/or Wi-Fi Aware (NAN)
• Wireless experimentation and traffic analysis with (software-defined) radios
• Wireless vulnerability research and exploitation