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This is public information. His own plane reports it. Anyone can buy a receiver to pick up the transponder, and websites exist to collect that data from people who do. All this Twitter account does is report that for one plane in that database. Anyone, including stalkers, can make a script to watch it.



Plot twist: Elon applied for and obtained privacy protection from FAA so it was no longer public information.

The owner of @ElonJet account de-anonymized the info and bragged about it on Twitter.

Now Elon is suing him and people who helped him to obtain that no-longer-public information.

See https://twitter.com/scottwww/status/1490553502640140288


> The owner of @ElonJet account de-anonymized the info and bragged about it on Twitter.

...in February.


Plot twist: Google “site:faa.gov elon musk registration”

First result: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResul...

It’s owned by FALCON LANDING LLC located at 1 Rocket Rd. I mean… come on.


> FALCON LANDING LLC located at 1 Rocket Rd

Witness protection programs need to hire this guy, he has a gift.




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