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From the sounds of it its a bit more than just posting public flight data. He had people at airports tracking the plane as it was changing its flight code to pr
by esskay 4y ago
From the sounds of it its a bit more than just posting public flight data. He had people at airports tracking the plane as it was changing its flight code to prevent tracking. That goes beyond using public information and enters into stalking teritory, even if only in a fairy minor way.
Not defending the ban, but the context is a bit more complex than posting something off of a public site onto twitter.
- jfoster 4y agoNot just that, but the owner of the account offered to take it down for a price. Feels like extortion.
- imperfect_blue 4y agoWait, where did he say this? To me it doesn't just feel like extortion, it straight up is extortion.
- jfoster 4y agoTwitter DM, apparently: "Any chance to up that to $50k? It would be great support in college and would possibly allow me to get a car maybe even a Model 3." https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker#toggle-gdpr https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker#toggle-gdp...
- jacquesm 4y agoNot really, the party never solicited payment. Musk opened up the negotiations and was then pissed off when the other side didn't accept his first offer.
- 0x53 4y agoBut he didn’t take the money, meaning that at least his intent wasn’t to extort. Edit: looked this up apparently Elon offered him 5k which he rejected and asked 50k instead. So I guess neither have the moral high ground.
- isleyaardvark 4y agoAnyone who knows about that offer knows that Elon offered money to take it down first. Why are you being deceptive about this?
- jfoster 4y agoHe did, but if it were not extortion then the person running it would come back with a "no" rather than a counter offer.
- TomK32 4y agoIs it legal to change flight codes? That's the number on the plane, right?