Comment on Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets/// Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information out of the public eye.

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Aircraft are sort of expensive and they can cause large scale damage to the public. At a certain point, the public has a right to know who a plane belongs to.

  If they want privacy, they can reregister their planes to an LLC. Having Congress pass this loophole was just Musk’s way of flexing his power over the legislative body.

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  • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    the public has a right to know who a plane belongs to.

    Why? This “right to know” is pitchfork mentality, really. If something happens the authorities can handle it and only they should have that kind of access, not John Doe. Not all who own planes are millionaires (those probably do register to an LLC).

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And you could probably get it with a subpeona or FOIA request if you really need it. This just stops random people from snooping.

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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Aircraft are sort of expensive and they can cause large scale damage to the public

    Sounds like carefully worded groundwork for abolishing online anonymity. Computers are cheap and can cause large scale damage to the public.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Precisely.

  I’m no fan of random billionaires, but I’m a huge fan of privacy.

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