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Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The FAA reauthorization act slipped in that ownership of private jets could remain anonymous. So you can still track them, because all flight plans are public and need to be for safety reasons, but they no longer have to tell you who owns what tail number. A dedicated tracker can figure out what plane belongs to who, either by showing up at the airport, or by comparing flight logs with other information about celebrity locations.

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aidan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

So you can still track them, because all flight plans are public and need to be for safety reasons, but they no longer have to tell you who owns what tail number.

I feel like that has a little bit to do with how journalists tracked down a bunch of FBI she’ll companies that operated spy planes over BLM(and other) protests.

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- Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Why use spy planes? Why not just use police helicopters? Police helicopters are a normal sight above any large scale demonstration
  
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  - piccolo@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Or these days, a cheap drones.
    
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  - aidan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I have no clue, some claim its because they’re illegally using Stingrays(cell interceptors)
    
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    Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Basically everything is encrypted, they won’t be that useful. Maybe could perhaps identify who is there though? But depends
    
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