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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So... so... so... soooooo... many problems in this world and this is what they rush to "fix". Wanna bet someone is going to figure out how to tie plane registration numbers with people regardless, do it through some third-world country who doesn't give a shit about USA and we are back to square one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do you want to do that "through some third world country" if the registration documents are in the US and only anonymously published anymore? Not following your logic there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There's always a way. Follow which planes go to which country during concert tour. Match twitter post locations with plane registrations. And many similar ways. There won't be many planes follow the official route or exactly match posts. Etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tell me again that Swift isn't an asset of the deep state.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

She is pro-Israel so... yes?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago

At last constant surveillance is deemed a problem, which is why ultra-rich have their privacy protected, while you, peons, keep being monitored.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

will allow private aircraft owners to anonymize their registration information

Can't be misused for terrorism, huh?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago

The rich looking out for themselves

[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago

Fuck them all. Fuck every fucking one of these people.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to engage in whataboutism but the fact is when they pass a law for one thing it's at the cost of something else that will never see the floor

The house passed a bill to help reign in insurance-pharmacy middle men (PBMs) who are directly responsible for the shitty system and pharmacy closures we are all experiencing. Schumer wont put it on the floor because it's not a priority. But Musks private jets are.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a stand alone bill, it's just an amendment in the FAA re-authorization bill. They have to pass this bill every 5 years to keep air traffic going.

like /u/toiletobserver memed in this thread, "Challenge Accepted". All the airplanes are still going to have to broadcast ID through ADS-B. They are going to shuffle the N-numbers around but I'm sure we're going to have the finest geeks on the case deciphering who is who in the air based on where people end up on the ground.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah, "impossible" is almost certainly an overstatement. Just harder.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why would anyone want to? I seriously don’t understand this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's fun to watch airplanes. Watching them via radio is also fun. The data has been public since the FAA started issuing tail numbers and it's never really been an issue before.

What's really fucked up is that these jets currently operate under Part 91, just like grandpa's Cessna. Quite unregulated when it comes to how long the pilots can fly and the taxes are lower than Part 135 which is where I believe these private jets should operate. IMO a private plane should be owner operated, allowing the individual to determine safety limits. Part 135 regulates quite a bit more, including pilot rest periods and allowed weather conditions. We already regulate these billionaire's car drivers more stringently than a regular driver, why not the air travel too?

edit: oh, duh. If the airplane operates under Part 135 it can easily be owned by an LLC which is the same form of privacy protection I (and many others) use to shield my identity in real estate records.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don’t know whether to laugh or scream at how outrageous it is that out of all the issues that could benefit from bipartisan cooperation, THIS is what we get. Bunch of turds.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

We don't have to think hard as it actually is a bipartisan issue. Their lifestyles are now harder to track by us so it helps both party's and their sugar daddies/mommies.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Fuck them all.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ok I'm just going to make a open source project to track that's jets adsb Signal and let people put a reserve at there house oh wait that's just flight 24 it doesn't matter what law makers do she can always be tracked by 1 person with a sdr and a antenna

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Will that work even if the plane registration is private/anonymized? Sure you can know where every plane is, but can you know whose it is?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Too late, everyone jets had been tag and last known location will still reveal who they are. Useless bill as always.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Not only that, but it’s not hard to figure out what planes are owned by whom simply by checking which planes follow celebrities around. If the exact same plane has been at the last ten places Taylor Swift has been, at the same time as her, and left when she did, it’s not that hard to connect the dots.

[–] [email protected] 209 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This isn't really about Swift. It's about Elon Musk, and Clarence Thomas, and Donald Trump, and all the other corrupt narcissists who don't want you to know what they're up to.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And yet notice how these articles are all focused on Taylor Swift. After all, the owners can’t let articles point out their privilege and class disparity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

To be fair, I totally expect far right sociopathic billionaires to do this kind of evil move. Taylor Swift is not typically lumped in with them even though she should be.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Well, she’s the one currently making a big fuss about people tracking her, so why wouldn’t they be focused on her? And what class disparity? They’re all billionaires, including Swift.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

T Swift: 1.1 billion

Elon: 197.3 billion

I wonder which one of these people more powerful and has more influence?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

If you’re going to make this into persecution porn so you can be outraged, why don’t you head back to Twitter and spare the Fediverse? We both know what point you think you’re making, and it’s stupid as fuck considering the situation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

lol, PItbull "won" the air travel top spot last year and you don't hear shit from him about being tracked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

to be fair, that would involve discussing him in any way, which is best avoided

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Swift is helping bring down live nation/ticketmaster... So there's that too

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as an ethical billionaire

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

TayTay throws more scraps to the people she’s stepped on to make her billion then most.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That seems to be true but it doesn't change the previous statement

Unrelated, I see you around occasionally and your username always makes me irrationally happy, I blame my inner 13 year old. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What a bunch of bullshit, yet another example of how billionaires get their interests served but we just get to help make them even richer while being taxed, but not represented because we can't afford the ~~bribes~~ lobbying.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Yup. Its amazing how quick and efficient the government is when rich peoples interests are involved

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