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Suspended Twitter account tracking Elon Musk's jet moves to Threads (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Some_Emo_Chick to c/technology

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July 8 (Reuters) - Jack Sweeney, the creator of an account tracking Elon Musk's private jet in real time, has moved to Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter-rival Threads after being suspended from Twitter last year.>

"ElonJet has arrived to Threads!" read Sweeney's first post on Thursday from the account handle @elonmusksjet, which had over 21,000 followers as of Saturday morning.>

ElonJet has tracked the movements of Musk's private jet using data available in the public domain.>

In December Twitter Inc, owned by Musk, suspended the ElonJet account, with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account's operator after saying his son had been mistakenly followed by a "crazy stalker".>

Meta-owned Threads, posing a direct challenge to Twitter, garnered millions of users in hours, including prominent figures such as Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as it seeks to take advantage of its rival's weakened state after a series of chaotic decisions from Musk.>

Sweeney, Twitter and Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.> Reporting by Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama>

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[+] Sivar -22 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I find it strange how most people seem fine with this kind of thing. It’s probably safe to assume there are threats against Elon Musks life, and against that of his kids, not to mention the risk of abduction or worse. Tracking his plane makes it all the more easier.

So again… what’s wrong with you that you not only don’t see the harm, but even seem to celebrate this as some kind of twisted sweet revenge for actions that haven’t even harmed you in any way?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not find with harming someone, but everyone who owns a private jet can be tracked using the same public information... if one knows the appropriate identifying information for the plane. If I buy a private plane, you can track my flights too. Anyone who wants to stalk Musk likely already knows how to track him using the underlying data.

[–] Sivar 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would argue that easy access to that kind of information lowers the threshold to act as it might seem more of an opportunity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe! Anyone taking action on this to stalk or threaten is wrong, though, howevermuch a fuckstick little muskie is.

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