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Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by cma on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:00AM (#30906722)
The flight tracking data is also partially a public good. Didn't it show him asking workers to come in against California sherrif's office order and then fleeing in plane so he couldn't be arrested in California (from early pandemic, might be remembering some details wrong), essentially asking his employees to face jail while dodging any chance of it for himself?

That may still not outweigh the privacy concerns.

Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by fleddr on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:12AM (#30907586)
He's still a person. Don't publicly track the whereabouts of people, it's creepy, intimidating and threatening.
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by rootusrootus on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:24AM (#30907715)
Conversely, don't become a public figure if you can't handle the costs. This kind of stuff comes with the territory. I don't advocate stalking public figures, but I have more sympathy for random private individuals being stalked than I do people who willingly choose the spotlight.
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by 0F on Monday April 04, 2022 @12:07PM (#30908277)
Public figures are human beings too believe it or not
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by rootusrootus on Monday April 04, 2022 @02:30PM (#30910320)
Yes, of course. And they made a choice willingly, knowing that there is a price. Can't have the upsides of being famous without the downsides, they are a package deal.
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by vageli on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:29AM (#30907789)
They are not publicly tracking any person, though, just a plane I thought.
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by hermitdev on Monday April 04, 2022 @02:00PM (#30909889)
Would it be any different if they were tracking his car? Does tracking an object owned by a person somehow make it any better? What's next, Musk's TV viewing habits? Browsing history? These are just things and not the person, so it's ok, right? No, of course not.
Re:Elon Musk owns 9.2% of Twitter by vageli on Monday April 04, 2022 @05:25PM (#30912121)
The comment I responded to was about tracking the person. A person's viewing history is different from their automobile being reported in a public place. Steve Jobs disliked it so much that he would regularly lease cars to avoid having a permanent license plate that could be associated with him. [0] TV viewing habits and browsing history are not public activities occuring in plain view of everyone else.

[0]: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-l...