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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.
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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.
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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...

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