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Is a public account, using public data, that tracks a celebrity jet (Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Bill Gates etc) “stalking”, providing a "public service”, or is a benign ”curiosity”?

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#Musk #ElonJet #TaylorSwift #PrivateJet #Mastodon #Fediverse

The Verge: “Celebrity jet-tracking accounts have vanished from Threads and Instagram “
theverge.com/2024/10/22/242765

The Verge · Celebrity jet-tracking accounts disappear from Threads and InstagramBy Jess Weatherbed

Emails Show #SpaceX Bungled #ElonMusk's #PrivateJet Privacy
#FOIA docs reveal that SpaceX enrolled Elon Musk's #jet in a #FAA program to prevent tracking, #aircraft enrolled in this program can be easily tracked by air traffic control and the federal government, but not by hobbyist flight trackers but failed to implement it properly, he then asked for help during the #ElonJet meltdown. vice.com/en/article/7kx8wa/ema

www.vice.comEmails Show SpaceX Bungled Elon Musk's Private Jet PrivacyFOIA docs reveal that SpaceX enrolled Elon Musk's jet in a federal program to prevent tracking, failed to implement it properly, then asked for help during the @ElonJet meltdown.

In an era of, what should be, increasing scrutiny of outsized, asymmetric and unnecessary transportation-related emissions… this #FAA “privacy program” (and this seemingly white-glove support service from the FAA to set it up) for the private jet owners and operators should not exist.

If that even needs to be said, frankly.

#Musk #ElonJet #SpaceX

vice.com/en/article/7kx8wa/ema

www.vice.comEmails Show SpaceX Bungled Elon Musk's Private Jet PrivacyFOIA docs reveal that SpaceX enrolled Elon Musk's jet in a federal program to prevent tracking, failed to implement it properly, then asked for help during the @ElonJet meltdown.