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> “Today is a sad day,” Jack Sweeney, who ran the @ElonJet Twitter account that earned him legal threats from Musk himself, wrote on Mastodon following the acqu
by leobg 4y ago
> “Today is a sad day,” Jack Sweeney, who ran the @ElonJet Twitter account that earned him legal threats from Musk himself, wrote on Mastodon following the acquisition announcement. His efforts to track an array of private jets, including that of the Tesla and Twitter CEO, relied on ADS-B Exchange. “If you feed ADSBexchange we encourage you to stop feeding. ADSBExchange was founded on the principles of hobbyists community not for-profit PE firms.”
..says the guy who, when Elon asked him if he would take it down out of concerns for his personal safety, wanted 50k.
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- rtev 4y agoTaking it down doesn’t make flight tracking infeasible, just moderately less accessible. Any sufficiently motivated attacker is going to be able to get the information without a problem. Isn’t it better to have the information more public to increase awareness? I’ve also really enjoyed seeing how much negativity these peoples’ wasteful habits receive. That’s just me personally though.