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How do you know which of those 10,000 airplanes is Elon Musk's jet? I've searched for "Elon Musk jet callsign" but apart from the mentioned twitter account, I

How do you know which of those 10,000 airplanes is Elon Musk's jet? I've searched for "Elon Musk jet callsign" but apart from the mentioned twitter account, I couldn't easily find out which one it was.

ceejayoz 4y ago
> apart from the mentioned twitter account The one covered in the NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/elon-musk-jet-tracking.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/elon-musk-jet-...), Musk has publicly tweeted about (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456), offered $50k to remove (https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker), and of a plane registered to "Falcon Landing LLC" at "1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne CA" (https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=628TS https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResul...)? C'mon. We know it's his jet.
- wizeman 4y ago
  > C'mon. We know it's his jet. Yes, we know. Because of the twitter account. My point is that it would be much harder to know which airplane is Elon's jet if it weren't for the twitter account. Which goes to the gp's point that even if the data is public, making it easily accessible increases Elon's personal safety risk. That said, the NYT story does seem to make my point a bit moot. In any case, I wasn't aware of that story, and it didn't come up when I searched for "Elon Musk jet callsign". Although I would guess a determined attacker could find it out given sufficient research.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    > Although I would guess a determined attacker could find it out given sufficient research. You don't have to be determined; a college freshman on a lark found Musk, Gates, etc. and made Twitter accounts. This information is intentionally public; you can browse recent plane registrations at https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/RecentRegistrationResult https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/RecentRegist..., export it to CSV, with full name and address of each owner. I get a text message whenever my dad is seen in the air. @elonjet isn't the problem here. (IMO, there isn't a problem.)
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ceejayoz 4y ago

> apart from the mentioned twitter account The one covered in the NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/elon-musk-jet-tracking.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/technology/elon-musk-jet-...), Musk has publicly tweeted about (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456), offered $50k to remove (https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker), and of a plane registered to "Falcon Landing LLC" at "1 Rocket Road, Hawthorne CA" (https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=628TS https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResul...)? C'mon. We know it's his jet.

wizeman 4y ago
> C'mon. We know it's his jet. Yes, we know. Because of the twitter account. My point is that it would be much harder to know which airplane is Elon's jet if it weren't for the twitter account. Which goes to the gp's point that even if the data is public, making it easily accessible increases Elon's personal safety risk. That said, the NYT story does seem to make my point a bit moot. In any case, I wasn't aware of that story, and it didn't come up when I searched for "Elon Musk jet callsign". Although I would guess a determined attacker could find it out given sufficient research.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  > Although I would guess a determined attacker could find it out given sufficient research. You don't have to be determined; a college freshman on a lark found Musk, Gates, etc. and made Twitter accounts. This information is intentionally public; you can browse recent plane registrations at https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/RecentRegistrationResult https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/RecentRegist..., export it to CSV, with full name and address of each owner. I get a text message whenever my dad is seen in the air. @elonjet isn't the problem here. (IMO, there isn't a problem.)
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