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by mcv 1281 days ago
I think there's something perverse about the very concept of having a personal plane. Perhaps that's the real issue here.
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jdong 1281 days ago
> Perhaps that's the real issue here.

I don't see how it could be, that seems like an entirely separate issue.

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mcv 1281 days ago
It's not. If it wasn't his personal plane but a chartered plane or one out of a pool of company planes, this wouldn't be an issue.
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jdong 1281 days ago
Who gives a shit about Elon? What the ADS-B data brokers are doing will continue to be illegal even if Elon never steps on a flight again.
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_djo_ 1281 days ago
Please provide some evidence of your repeated claim that they're illegal in the US and Europe.
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jdong 1281 days ago
As far as I can see, nobody here has made any claims regarding anything being illegal in the US.

> Please provide some evidence of your repeated claim that they're illegal in Europe

https://gdpr-info.eu/

What kind of evidence do you want exactly? This is crystal clear to anyone with the most basic understanding of the GDPR.

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_djo_ 1280 days ago
That’s not evidence. That’s just your opinion, based on your assumption that private aircraft are like private cars under the law.

Except that they have never been treated equivalently in any legal venue or government regulation.

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emodendroket 1281 days ago
A big reason these jet accounts were popular is people enjoyed calling attention to how wasteful many of the flights were, which I can’t imagine Elon was unaware of.
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