[kirkbackus]

Flight information provided to the FAA is considered public information. This is funded with taxpayer money, and is not privy to privacy.

[starkd]

To put it in such a highly accessible form is an invitation to crackpots. Crackpots and mobs generally do not get incited by FAA travel logs that requires some diligence to track.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Oh, so this publicly accessible information should not be subject to free speech, even though it's clearly publicly available? Should all speech that could incite crackpots be limited?

[stephen_g]

Flightradar24, as well as all sorts of similar services (FlightAware, ADSB-Exchange, etc.) let anyone watch the location of any aircraft with ADS-B in real time (as well as list everywhere the plain has been and playback previous flights)

[chinathrow]

Not true. "Any aircraft" is only valid for ADSB-Exchange. All others filter.

[_djo_]

There’s no filtering on non-commercial aggregators like PlanePlotter either.

This data is freely emitted annd anyone with a dirt cheap receiver can receive and upload it.

[rootusrootus]

So we should shut down flightradar24, too, I assume? Because that's a lot more highly accessible than a twitter account and has real time status. On all planes, not just Elon's. The horror!

[chinathrow]

Not true. Fr24 does not show Elons Jets.

[rootusrootus]

True, FR24 will sell you the ability to exclude yourself from their map. Go to ADSBExchange, then. Or another public ADS-B aggregator of your choice.

[mrguyorama]

This information is so accessible, it is openly broadcast in the open radio spectrum! You can get this info with a $20 RTL-SDR dongle! The Horror!!!!

[lettergram]

One could argue, none of the FAA data should be public information... I personally think that's the case. All the FAA really needs to know is where all the objects are, not specific planes.

[chinathrow]

ADSB-Exchange does NOT use FAA data.