[petertodd]

> Why am I still surprised that the wealthy have special laws just for their privacy?

The status quo is you or I can travel without significant non-government privacy concerns, as we blend into the crowd of millions of normal air travelers. Celebrities can't do that, as they get noticed by the public. Keeping the movements of their planes private just helps celebrities get to enjoy a similar level of privacy as the rest of us. I see nothing wrong with that.

Furthermore, it's good that celebrities value their privacy. Everyone should. We can all members of society to value privacy and for those values to filter down into laws that also protect it.

[vincnetas]

When you're a celebrity, you can't have a cake and eat it too.

[reliabilityguy]

For many celebrities being famous and having no privacy is not a choice but rather an unwanted feature. Doesn’t mean that in order to fulfill your dream of being a top actor you have now to be at peace and accept all the paparazzi and fans.

[petertodd]

Also, while not as relevant to the OP's post, remember that not everyone is famous and rich. I'm not rich. But I did get a degree of fame due to that ridiculous HBO documentary falsely accusing me of being Satoshi.

I'm not happy with the level of travel privacy out there and it would be definitely in my interests for it to be better. I have a very real risk that someone thinks I'm Satoshi and tries to track me down to get billions in BTC that I don't have.

[wheelerwj]

What are you talking about? Since when can the general public travel in privacy?

[petertodd]

My name is Peter Todd. I am a Canadian.

Tell me, where am I right now? I traveled there recently.

Governments certainly can find out that information, as my recent flights are recorded in lots of databases accessible to the. But it's much harder for non-government entities not directly involved in the travel to find this out due to privacy laws (particularly in the EU).