Re:List of blocked aircraft on Flightradar24 (2013)
by VLM on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @10:47AM
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Its exactly analogous to refusing to ring your fog bell on a boat while stuck in a fog bank, or refusing to use turn signals on a car.
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Re:List of blocked aircraft on Flightradar24 (2013)
by dagw on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @11:09AM
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It's not at all analogous. A turn signal tells the people around me that I'm just about to turn, not that I'm on a road trip from Chicago to Tucson. Nor is my entire turn signal history centrally logged and searchable.
Re:List of blocked aircraft on Flightradar24 (2013)
by jMyles on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @01:53PM
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There are two analogies:
- The broadcast of your location data is analogous to a turn signal.
- The FR24 community is analogous to a group capturing data about use of turn signals at various intersections and aggregating them.
Both are perfectly reasonable analogies.
And yes, it's completely possible for people using only publicly-visible information to put together your entire turn signal history and make it searchable.