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LAPD helicopter tracker with real-time operating costs

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100 points polalavik | 2 comments | 21 Nov 25 22:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.666s | source
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ninininino ◴[21 Nov 25 22:50 UTC] No.46009978[source]▶
This is neat but also has serious implications for criminal enablement.
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polalavik ◴[21 Nov 25 23:09 UTC] No.46010167[source]▶
no it doesnt. this data is public all over the place. most notably https://www.flightaware.com/
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1. ninininino ◴[21 Nov 25 23:22 UTC] No.46010273[source]▶
Cool. And yours is simpler and doesn't require looking up what the identifiers are for LAPD in particular. Just own it.
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2. rootusrootus ◴[21 Nov 25 23:43 UTC] No.46010456[source]▶
I found the list of identifiers with a single google search. For any criminal who cares, it is a tiny amount of additional effort.