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The flight tracking data is also partially a public good. Didn't it show him asking workers to come in against California sherrif's office order and then fleei

by cma 5y ago

The flight tracking data is also partially a public good. Didn't it show him asking workers to come in against California sherrif's office order and then fleeing in plane so he couldn't be arrested in California (from early pandemic, might be remembering some details wrong), essentially asking his employees to face jail while dodging any chance of it for himself? That may still not outweigh the privacy concerns.

fleddr 5y ago
He's still a person. Don't publicly track the whereabouts of people, it's creepy, intimidating and threatening.
- rootusrootus 5y ago
  Conversely, don't become a public figure if you can't handle the costs. This kind of stuff comes with the territory. I don't advocate stalking public figures, but I have more sympathy for random private individuals being stalked than I do people who willingly choose the spotlight.
  - 0F 5y ago
    Public figures are human beings too believe it or not
    - rootusrootus 5y ago
      Yes, of course. And they made a choice willingly, knowing that there is a price. Can't have the upsides of being famous without the downsides, they are a package deal.
- vageli 5y ago
  They are not publicly tracking any person, though, just a plane I thought.
  - hermitdev 5y ago
    Would it be any different if they were tracking his car? Does tracking an object owned by a person somehow make it any better? What's next, Musk's TV viewing habits? Browsing history? These are just things and not the person, so it's ok, right? No, of course not.
    - vageli 5y ago
      The comment I responded to was about tracking the person. A person's viewing history is different from their automobile being reported in a public place. Steve Jobs disliked it so much that he would regularly lease cars to avoid having a permanent license plate that could be associated with him. [0] TV viewing habits and browsing history are not public activities occuring in plain view of everyone else. [0]: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-license-plates/story?id=14834608 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-l...

by cma 5y ago

fleddr 5y ago

He's still a person. Don't publicly track the whereabouts of people, it's creepy, intimidating and threatening.

rootusrootus 5y ago
Conversely, don't become a public figure if you can't handle the costs. This kind of stuff comes with the territory. I don't advocate stalking public figures, but I have more sympathy for random private individuals being stalked than I do people who willingly choose the spotlight.
- 0F 5y ago
  Public figures are human beings too believe it or not
  - rootusrootus 5y ago
    Yes, of course. And they made a choice willingly, knowing that there is a price. Can't have the upsides of being famous without the downsides, they are a package deal.
vageli 5y ago
They are not publicly tracking any person, though, just a plane I thought.
- hermitdev 5y ago
  Would it be any different if they were tracking his car? Does tracking an object owned by a person somehow make it any better? What's next, Musk's TV viewing habits? Browsing history? These are just things and not the person, so it's ok, right? No, of course not.
  - vageli 5y ago
    The comment I responded to was about tracking the person. A person's viewing history is different from their automobile being reported in a public place. Steve Jobs disliked it so much that he would regularly lease cars to avoid having a permanent license plate that could be associated with him. [0] TV viewing habits and browsing history are not public activities occuring in plain view of everyone else. [0]: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-license-plates/story?id=14834608 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-l...