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saboot ◴[] No.33993444[source]
Is he afraid of a stalker following him in a plane? He uses this as an excuse, then discredits himself by going on to threaten legal action against Sweeney. Wants it both ways.
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fallous ◴[] No.33994648[source]
Knowing when/where a private plane lands makes it a lot easier to stalk the passengers of that plane.

This is of course entirely separate from whether such info was used against Musk or his family, or whether such a possibility is sufficient grounds for attempting to silence those who make it easily accessible (it's still accessible thanks to ADS-B for anyone with basic technical skills and cares enough).

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akiselev ◴[] No.33994982[source]
Step 1. Google “elon musk tail number”

Step 2. Copy one of the tail numbers from the first result: “N628TS, N272BG, N502SX”

Step 3. Paste one of the tail numbers into any one of the flight tracker apps.

If your stalkers can’t even figure that out, you don’t have to worry about them. Otherwise… it’ll take them an extra 45 seconds compared to finding the ElonJet twitter account.

Edit: for bonus points Google “site:faa.gov elon musk registration”. First result is N628TS: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResul...

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1. fallous ◴[] No.33996086[source]
Yes, note that I did not justify banning the twitter account in question and pointed out that it was hardly a leap to get the info even if they banned that account.

I was simply replying to a comment that inferred the only way flight info was useful for a stalker was if you planned on stalking them in another plane... which is obviously incorrect.