Originally Posted by
First.officer
Wrt consumer drones such as that manufactured by DJI, the facility at an application level certainly has the ability to record the telemetry data from flights flown, admittedly this data would only be "logged" by said manufacturer at say, a firmware update....that said, if manufacturers mandated an update of some form each month and this involved a mandatory receipt of data for flights flown, then in theory there would be a method by which proof of a flight in a certain area could then be proven. This would afford a low cost solution other than transponders etc., and although it wouldn't necessarily preclude an incident, it would perhaps make the general population think a little more on where it's safe to operate the quads/drones etc. Of course, some proof of ownership and registration would also be required at time of purchase but if levelled at the manufacturer and owner level, it would minimise regulator and enforcement agencies efforts whilst satisfying the need for some control perhaps.....
You were doing OK until the part where you described it as a "low cost solution". It sounds anything but.