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Taylor Swift threatens legal action against student tracking her private jet (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] Telorand@reddthat.com 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They won't be, because Elon failed at this already. Use of public information isn't illegal. Aggregating and sharing that public information elsewhere or in a different format isn't illegal (and is likely protected speech).

If she's experienced some kind of harm, it's not because the bot exists, it's because the public information exists.

(Also, it's absurdly easy to track a plane. Search for "live flight tracker" on your favorite search engine, and take your pick.)

[โ€“] mdd@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Additionally, if the person in question used pooled leased planes it would be much harder to track them. Swift and Musk always use the same planes so they are easy to track.

FYI - the Elon Musk flight tracker is alive and well on Mastodon.