Jack SweeneyDec 15, 2022
Did Twitter really fact check Elons own tweet lol
Show threadPoeticLicenseDKDec 15, 2022

@JxckS
Hate to agree with Elon about anything, but I actually agree with him on this. Sure it's federally protected under case law precedent, but the practice of posting real-time lication data seems like a dangerous practice.

The newspapers in MS did something similar to Medgar Evers, which my dad documented as a field officer for the US Commission on Human Rights. I wouldn't want anyone posting my movements either.

Show threadSarcasmoDec 15, 2022
@PoeticLicenseDK @JxckS In the case of flight data, the U.S. public pays for all the flight control towers, runways, traffic controllers, etc. It may be inconvenient for a super rich guy like Musk to have people know where he's landing his luxury jet, but if he flew commercial he could be tracked as well. He could always just ride around in his limo like the impoverished millionaires...
Show threadPoeticLicenseDKDec 16, 2022
@Sarcasmo @JxckS
If Ding Dong flew business class, would the public have access to passenger lists?
Show threadSarcasmo

@PoeticLicenseDK @JxckS No, you're absolutely right and any implication on my part that they would is incorrect. Passenger Name Records are used all the time by Homeland Security and law enforcement but the public isn't granted access.

However, were Musk to fly commercial, he would find himself tracked by members of the public and their mobile phone cameras, as Ted Cruz did when leaving a Texas ice storm for Cancun a couple years ago.

Dec 16, 2022 at 3:02pmWeb
Show threadPoeticLicenseDKDec 16, 2022
@Sarcasmo @JxckS
I'm glad DHS & other authorities have this info; equally glad that the public doesn't have access.