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Thank you for the link, I wasn’t aware that PIA allowed spoofing the identifier. Maaaybe it’s more ethically/morally questionable [1] but I don’t think it’s a

Thank you for the link, I wasn’t aware that PIA allowed spoofing the identifier. Maaaybe it’s more ethically/morally questionable [1] but I don’t think it’s a legal issue. Reading more on the PIA, it still require the owner to have their own operational security. Like you said it’s pseudoanonymous and I can’t find any obligations it places on third parties. Nothing stops someone putting a camera on top of their hangar pointed at SMO’s runways and correlate the tail number to ADS-B. [1] or in this case Musk’s actions on Twitter are less ethically/morally/legally questionable?

mlindner 4y ago
I mention legal as in some jurisdictions stalking is illegal which this may fall under. I am not a lawyer though, so I only give it as an open question that I myself have. > Like you said it’s pseudoanonymous and I can’t find any obligations it places on third parties. Nothing stops someone putting a camera on top of their hangar pointed at SMO’s runways and correlate the tail number to ADS-B. That's true, but that falls into the stalking or doxxing category and Twitter already had long standing terms of service statements against doxxing, even before Elon bought Twitter, even if it's not illegal (which I still have open questions about).
- akiselev 4y ago
  I definitely see your point, I’d be consulting a bunch of lawyers if I were Sweeney just to be sure. California’s (cyber)stalking/harassment laws are pretty specific on what constitutes doxxing and stalking, though. For the sake of this conversation between laymen, I just don’t see it. Musk can do whatever he wants on twitter and IANAL so what do I know, but between the public interest argument and the public availability of the information, I don’t think Musk has a reasonable expectation of privacy. That said, anyone using the information to follow him around or harass him is liable to get prosecuted.

mlindner 4y ago

I mention legal as in some jurisdictions stalking is illegal which this may fall under. I am not a lawyer though, so I only give it as an open question that I myself have. > Like you said it’s pseudoanonymous and I can’t find any obligations it places on third parties. Nothing stops someone putting a camera on top of their hangar pointed at SMO’s runways and correlate the tail number to ADS-B. That's true, but that falls into the stalking or doxxing category and Twitter already had long standing terms of service statements against doxxing, even before Elon bought Twitter, even if it's not illegal (which I still have open questions about).

akiselev 4y ago
I definitely see your point, I’d be consulting a bunch of lawyers if I were Sweeney just to be sure. California’s (cyber)stalking/harassment laws are pretty specific on what constitutes doxxing and stalking, though. For the sake of this conversation between laymen, I just don’t see it. Musk can do whatever he wants on twitter and IANAL so what do I know, but between the public interest argument and the public availability of the information, I don’t think Musk has a reasonable expectation of privacy. That said, anyone using the information to follow him around or harass him is liable to get prosecuted.