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[–] sebinspace 559 points 10 months ago (26 children)

Alright you’ve been on a roll lately Swifty, but imma call you out; transponders are public information.

[–] FlyingSquid 149 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Yeah, she's generally a decent person, but she's just in the wrong here.

[–] [email protected] 186 points 10 months ago (2 children)

She's generally good at managing her public persona, except when it comes to her ~~pollute more than a small city machine~~ private jet addiction. When people show you who they really are, believe them.

[–] FlyingSquid 165 points 10 months ago (8 children)

She also showed who she really was during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes: someone who agrees to union demands, which was why she was allowed to release the best-selling concert movie of all time during the middle of the strikes.

On top of that, she got thousands of her fans registered to vote.

People are complicated.

[–] Speculater 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I like that she singlehandedly proved the union demands were reasonable.

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[–] Zweibel 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"People are complicated."

Very much agree with this sentiment. I feel, too often, this gets lost in discussions. People will do stuff we agree with, and then they'll turn around and do something we disagree with. It's fine to praise and simultaneously lambast 'em.

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[–] [email protected] 257 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If you are for Musk being tracked, you should be fine with her being tracked the same way.

I'm for anyone in a private jet being tracked.

[–] macrocephalic 56 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm for no one having a private jet.

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[–] derf82 239 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Woman who made over a billion being a public figure upset she is now a public figure.

Sorry, no privacy for private jets. I don’t care about the “danger.” She can fly commercial in business class or first class if she wants privacy.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago

Her Grammy speech was literally "I love doing this, thank you for giving me the opportunity to do what I love."

Bitch, if you don't want people to track you then fly first class.

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[–] Jakdracula 221 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm on team Florida student.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 72 points 10 months ago

Same.

Track them all. Elon. Other Billionaires. Government using our taxes for private planes.

[–] Crack0n7uesday 180 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Didn't the richest person in the world try to do this exact same thing? I'm still convinced it's the reason he bought Twitter. Those flight logs are public information because they prevent mid air collisions, your not going to change that. No one is going to be putting military grade radar equipment on a Boeing 757 if they can't even stop the doors from opening mid flight.

[–] aesthelete 163 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Those flight logs are public information because they prevent mid air collisions, your not going to change that.

One way to prevent being personally identified is to not fly around in your own personal jet and use one of the many other available options that aren't trackable this way.

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[–] iluminae 175 points 10 months ago (29 children)

But flight data is available - this guy just labels her N number and filters the data in a creepy way. I get that it's probably causing her danger to have stalkers waiting at the destination for her - but those stalkers always had access to this flight data.

Seems like a workaround for Taylor would be to not own a plane and charter a different one every time. (Or do something actually environmentally minded :/)

[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How is it creepy? It’s activism.

This person is a hell of a lot more useful to the world than some billionaire piece of shit.

[–] Cringe2793 38 points 10 months ago

Just because it's done to a woman it's suddenly "creepy". Don't think anyone ever called that guy creepy when it was done to Elon.

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The solution is obvious.

Stop owning private jets.

Billionaires threatening, harassing, and intimidating normal people with their army of lawyers and sycophant fans is never okay.

Fuck Taylor Swift and every other rich piece of shit.

[–] alienanimals 124 points 10 months ago

Fuck billionaires

[–] Daft_ish 109 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

Her lawyers must be crazy to think they can get anything done that elon couldn't. Taylor should be mad at her PR for not stopping her if she asked for this personally.

As for private jets. People with wealth, use that wealth to find an alternative. God knows you haven't found anything else to do with it.

Edit: Also, please let it be zeppelin technology.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 10 months ago (1 children)

nope. sorry taylor. if your plane's tracking information is public knowledge it's allowed. if it's good for elon it's good for you too.

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[–] Son_of_dad 106 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Way to kill the goodwill you've been gaining Taylor

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I'm thinking since the super bowl drama she's probably getting more death threats than usual, and this is a reaction to that. It's not going to work. You cant sue someone for publishing publicly available information.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 10 months ago (4 children)

You can sue someone for anything. If it will be successful or not is another matter.

Essentially she is trying to SLAPP him (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation). Lawyers are not free in civil cases. She is just making it expensive for him if he wants to defend himself. And i doubt Florida has an anti-slapp law.

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[–] UmeU 90 points 10 months ago (7 children)

If you travel in the same plane all the time, and you own that plane, people will be able to track you. Why not just get a good contract with a private jet company so you can fly anonymously? Even if she wins this case, she will still be trackable until she takes advantage of any of the options she has at her disposal.

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[–] TrickDacy 88 points 10 months ago

Maybe not the best idea to pattern yourself after Musk.

[–] buddascrayon 82 points 10 months ago (41 children)

Put simply, there are no "good billionaires".

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[–] Coreidan 72 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s public information. If you have a problem then stop flying around in your fancy fucking jet.

God damn rich people. Fuck em all.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent 67 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Looks like someone doesn't know how transponders work.

Understandable I guess: It's not really something most people know anything about, but you'd think someone working for her would've been like, "Yeah, no, that's not really how aviation works, they are public by design" before it got to the point where a legal threat was made.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago

What a friendly billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (20 children)

I'm expecting her to be revealed as a villain at some point. She was born with a silver spoon, there are skeletons in closets, and she knows it. Time will tell.

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[–] rtxn 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

ADS-B data is public. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy. I grew to respect her recently, but in this matter, she is full of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 10 months ago

Sure Ms. Swift, act like Muskrat.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you don't want people to know where your going just throw on a medical mask and buy a Greyhound ticket in cash like every other undercover federal agent

/s

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago

Looking forward to her new, highly-relatable single, "Why you gotta track my jet?"

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If she had simply not said anything, no one would be talking about it

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[–] Arthur_Leywin 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Stop using the jet and this won't be an issue lol

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