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Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by jeromegv on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:07AM (#33984411)
You are either a free speech absolutist or you are not. The moment you start putting exceptions because you consider it "creepy", then your support of free speech is the same as what most of the population believes in: free speech with limits.

It's interesting that you would put this at your limit because this is free and public data.

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by OrvalWintermute on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:43AM (#33985046)
I do not agree.

Just because I support free speech, doesn't mean I need to know your private medical conditions

Just because I support free speech, doesn't mean we need all potential targets of political assassination to have their schedules always publicly available with arrival and departure times with 10 digit grid coordinates

Just because I support free speech doesn't mean everyone should be able to track everyone else's cell phones, which are a proxy for a person's physical location

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by thatswrong0 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:11AM (#33985557)
ADS-B data is public information. Anyone who wants to target Elon for whatever reason using this data does not need to go to Twitter to do it. Whereas.. private medical information is private.

Why on earth are y’all licking one of the richest people on Earths boots. The man is clearly using his power and money to stifle speech that that is critical of him. That’s not something that needs defending.

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by joezydeco on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:29AM (#33985845)
Elon's jet is flying around on public infrastructure. Airports, airspace, air traffic control, etc. Just like driving on public roads, you have no expectation of privacy if someone wants to sit on a street corner and write down every time you drive by.

The side effects of ADS-B have been really great in this regard. I love it.

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by OrvalWintermute on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:46AM (#33995736)
ADS-B data on the LADD list is apparently not public information.

https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/adsb/pilot

It can be crowdsourced, and can be weaponized against individuals. The same way license plate photography can be used to track individual's cars.

Now that this data has been used against Elon's family, a series of retractions are in order.

Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended by jmull on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:09AM (#33985532)
Aren't you fully agreeing with how PP points out most people support free speech: free speech with limits?