Drew HarwellDec 16, 2022
One point I do want to make clear: Twitter is Elon Musk's website. He paid all that money and can ban whoever he wants. It's his right, just like it's our right to point out when he's spreading bad information and contradicting himself.
Show threadDrew HarwellDec 16, 2022

Because Elon has continuously misrepresented this:

The data used for flight-tracking accounts like ElonJet - called ADS-B data - are transmitted from nearly every plane in the sky.

The signals are unencrypted, and anyone with a $20 RTL-SDR radio can pick them up. Aviation hobbyists gather the data and put them on websites like ADS-B Exchange.

It's publicly available, legally acquired data of the kind Elon Musk said he'd allow, until suddenly he no longer did.

Show threadSuper Mecha Dad

@drewharwell

I'm not really a fan, but he does raise a very good point.

Dec 16, 2022 at 7:21pmWeb
Show threadAleDec 16, 2022
@SuperMechaDad @drewharwell wow I did not think of that and it makes a lot of sense... but since these are all public data I guess the IRS (or Cali equivalent) could still use them to build a case?
Show threadBrian VastagDec 16, 2022
@SuperMechaDad @drewharwell banning publicly available data for tax avoidance purposes is a "good point"?