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Re:My plane is not trackable without using non-public data by richbell on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:08PM (#34018654)
License plates and cars are already tracked and that data, along with cell phone data, is sold to the highest bidder.

Palantir, founded by Elon Musk's friend Peter Thiel, is in-part responsible for making wide-scale invasive surveillance accessible to government and private industry. Elon Musk has personally hired private investigators to "stalk" people he doesn't like or suspects of wrong-doing.

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Re:My plane is not trackable without using non-public data by looping__lui on Saturday December 17, 2022 @02:13PM (#34031089)
I didn’t know that license plate movements of cars are publicly available in the US. That would creep me out.

This is not about “protecting Elon Musk”. But being sensitive about tracking individuals by the means of license plates / registrations.

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