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I don’t see any hypocrisy here - it would be hypocritical if he allowed tracking of other people’s jets while protecting his own, but as far as I can tell, this

by Meekro 2y ago

I don’t see any hypocrisy here - it would be hypocritical if he allowed tracking of other people’s jets while protecting his own, but as far as I can tell, this rule protects everyone. If someone made an account that announced the location of your car, minute by minute, I’m sure he would not allow that either. The argument that it’s really about CO2 emissions is not persuasive – you could track each billionaire’s total CO2 output without also broadcasting their location in real time. You can absolutely have a free speech position that supports a broad variety of political speech while disallowing the real time tracking of citizens – I see no hypocrisy there either. Some people are also saying that he’s a hypocrite for tracking others while not wanting to be tracked himself. If he was broadcasting other people’s real time location while protecting his own, then that would make sense. He’s not doing anything like that, though.

kibwen 2y ago
> as far as I can tell, this rule protects everyone "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  >steal loaves of bread Nah, the rich get away with this more. Definately a quote to keep in your pocket, though.
johnnyanmac 2y ago
The argument is that this is public data for safety reasons (so planes don't crash into each other). What others do with that info is about as relevant as any other public data. Which these sites give little care of. They barely care about harassment/stalking on their own platform that is objectively illegal. So i don't feel sympathy here. >If he was broadcasting other people’s real time location while protecting his own, then that would make sense. It's a bit frustrating how many people here don't understand the difference of precision in knowing plane data and car/foot data. What use is "Person is in City" to the point where they make an argument of "risk of physical harm?".

by Meekro 2y ago

kibwen 2y ago

> as far as I can tell, this rule protects everyone "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."

johnnyanmac 2y ago
>steal loaves of bread Nah, the rich get away with this more. Definately a quote to keep in your pocket, though.

johnnyanmac 2y ago

The argument is that this is public data for safety reasons (so planes don't crash into each other). What others do with that info is about as relevant as any other public data. Which these sites give little care of. They barely care about harassment/stalking on their own platform that is objectively illegal. So i don't feel sympathy here. >If he was broadcasting other people’s real time location while protecting his own, then that would make sense. It's a bit frustrating how many people here don't understand the difference of precision in knowing plane data and car/foot data. What use is "Person is in City" to the point where they make an argument of "risk of physical harm?".