Now do it for the other Billionairs.
Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon?
Submitted 6 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world
https://mastodon.social/@elonjet
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jeena@piefed.jeena.net 6 months ago
PorcupineSlippers@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Air traffic information is already publicly available. The author of the bot simply scrapes data for Elon’s Jet. You can use websites like FlightAware, Flightradar24, and PlaneLogger that provide real-time tracking of flights, including private jets. You can also search for specific aircraft or view flights in a particular area. I remember shortly after Elon bought Twitter he got the account suspended.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 months ago
and worth noting that by “publicly available” here, it’s not like it’s published on some FAA API: ADS-B is broadcast from all aircraft, and anyone can receive its data… these services run by networks for regular members of the public contributing the data from their ADS-B receivers
24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Except the commercial aggregators have all started filtering the data of specific planes on request - you won’t find Elon’s or Swift’s ADSB data on popular sites/apps like FlightAware or Flightradar24. (I’m not familiar with PlaneLogger). Open source aggregators like OpenSky or ADSB Exchange will have them though, but the UIs of those sites are far less polished and have fewer features.
arakhis_@feddit.org 6 months ago
like a global map with filters by business sector, flight reason, etc
man this would be sick hehe
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
The FAA is changing the rule which makes this information public. The FAA is fully controlled by the rich.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 months ago
ADS-B is public broadcast though… if you’re in range of the plane, you can pick up its air traffic control data (elevation, speed, heading, registration, etc)… services like flight radar 24 don’t work on FAA data: they are a huge network of regular people across the globe with ADS-B receivers contributing everything they see
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
I think the above user was referring to this: faa.gov/…/faa-moves-protect-aircraft-owners-priva…
They are no longer making the information public which aircraft belongs to whom, so in the future you might no longer know that any given aircraft belongs to Elon Musk or any other celebrity. You can still track it, but you won’t know what aircraft to track.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
The rules will really change when the first billionaire on a private jet gets taken out by a DIY suicide drone.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I thought they just slightly obfuscated it, but bc the importance of tail numbers for safety, they can’t do so completely. I’d love a complete explanation from someone knowledgeable.
aramova@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Just months until they apply the Steve Jobs rule to tail numbers.
Lease a new private jet every 3 months and you don’t need plates, or tail numbers.
silasmariner@programming.dev 6 months ago
The only reason I give the slightest slightly green toilet-bowl-staining shit about this is because it upsets him and he deserves to be upset
PanArab@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Wasn’t it part of why he acquired Twitter to shut down the account? The account later moved to Mastodon.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Nah, he just purchased the world’s biggest megaphone from which he could propel his ketamine fuelled opinions into the deep uncaring void of the internet.
rustbuckett@lemmings.world 6 months ago
I remember him getting really mad about his plane being tracked. Didn’t know it was on Twitter.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It was. Think he banned the account for “doxxing”
pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 months ago
adding so it’s archived in as many places as possible:
the reg is N628TS, and you can track it with any ADS-B service
ADS-B is broadcast from the plane, and able to be picked up by any in-range receiver… services like flight radar 24 aggregate many receivers across the world run by ordinary people
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Hell yeah, the fediverse rocks!
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The best part is that if any of them get taken down, another one will pop up on another instance :D
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
But can you shoot it down?
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You won’t need to if he keeps cutting the FAA and other agencies
poopiddy@pawb.social 6 months ago
hmmm new game idea
MITM0@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Just trick him into saying Crude oil is bad
Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yes, just not through mastodon.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Don’t worry. They’re working in it:
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Some hero needs to be at the right airport before they manage it
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, those airports need throngs of people to defend those billionaires they can slither away to safety. So many protectors.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
To be honest I can’t think of non evil people that ride private jets. If somebody wanted to do violence against billionaires they could probably take down any corporate sized jet.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Okay, I’m aware of the irony of what I’m about to say, but please hear me out before getting out the torches and pitchforks. I couldn’t think of an ethical use for private jets, so I asked ChatGPT (Yes, the coal-powered theft engine). It gave the following (unedited):
That’s a great and nuanced question. While private jets are often criticized — and rightly so — for their environmental impact and association with luxury excess, there are some contexts where their use can be argued to be ethically justifiable, especially when alternatives are limited or time-sensitive. Here are a few examples:
1. Medical Emergencies & Humanitarian Aid
- Air ambulances are essentially private jets equipped for rapid medical response. They save lives in time-critical emergencies, transporting organs for transplant or patients who can’t fly commercially.
- In disaster zones, private aviation can be used to bring in aid, doctors, or evacuate people when commercial options are unavailable or too slow.
2. Remote Access for Critical Work
- Some humanitarian workers, scientists, or engineers travel to remote areas with no viable commercial flights. In such cases, private aircraft may be the only way to access those locations efficiently and safely.
- This applies to environmental researchers, doctors serving indigenous communities, or people inspecting infrastructure in inaccessible regions.
3. Time-Critical Leadership Roles
- In rare cases, heads of state, negotiators, or executives overseeing urgent crisis response may use private jets if the time saved could mean large-scale impact (e.g., preventing war escalation, saving a company that employs thousands).
4. Cargo Over Passenger Transport
- Private aircraft aren’t always carrying people — they can also be used for urgent supply deliveries, such as vaccines, scientific samples, or critical parts needed to fix failing infrastructure.
Important Caveat
Even in these ethically defensible uses, there’s room for scrutiny. The key ethical tension lies in necessity vs. convenience — is the jet being used because there’s truly no better option, or just to avoid discomfort?
If you’re thinking of a specific situation, I can help analyze whether it might be ethically justifiable too.
I hate to admit it, but I think it’s correct. The existence of private jets isn’t the problem, they’re just overabundant because they’re not taxed adequately. Having said that, I believe you’re right in that, if a small passenger jet were to crash, it’s more likely to make the world a better place than a worse place.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 months ago
@elonjet@mastodon.social for those who wish to subscribe.
yournamehere@lemm.ee 6 months ago
how to link planes to billionaires in europe? any ideas?
huppakee@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I just follow exposés by his baby momma’s, it’s not as up-to-date but it’s good enough for me
Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok, but does anyone here own a MANPADS?
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Ukraine is working on anti air drones…
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Came here to ask the same question, any SAM would do really :)
reksas@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
i wonder what would happen if someone was to point a laser at coincidently same direction as where the plane is
tauren@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why would I want to track his jet though?
MdPhoenix@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Because it pisses him off
Linktank@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Probably in the hopes of seeing it blip out of existence somewhere over the Atlantic.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 months ago
gives him anxiety, the same shit he causes on millions world wide by funding extreme right wing movements
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t think I’m seeing the value here. Why would you want to track him?
minibyte@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Luigi.
x@xekes.com 5 months ago
Everyone should track him and post to Tiktok just for s*s n giggles
Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
You can swear on the internet.
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Just say shit. You are on the internet. You can say shit, piss, fuck, asshole, and even „Du kleiner hurensohn ich ficke deine mutter”.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Theoretically mastodon can show up on Lemmy. Soooooo . . .
Cattail@lemmy.world 6 months ago
i figured that some did it when elon banned that account on twitter i never got around to looking for it
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Yes; I thought there had been enough news stories about this that this was common knowledge?
BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wow, imagine being so out of touch you defend a billionaire
MrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz 6 months ago
Where’s the defending?
electro1@infosec.pub 6 months ago
[deleted]0ndead@infosec.pub 6 months ago
They literally made his private security US Marshalls
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 6 months ago
body doubles
Like Puttie his master
Hellsfire29@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]squeekers@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Sorry that 4 Chan went down but you can still fuck right off from here.
Maybe Kiwi Farms is accepting new Edge Lords.
Auzy@aussie.zone 6 months ago
You mean the guy who called the cave diver a pedo before all this?
And who brought “freedom” to twitter?
And now he’s running enforcement on trumps plan to turn the us into a dictatorship.
I don’t wish death on him, but my not liking him happened before the Nazi solute.
Even if you took the Nazi solute out, it’s fairly clear he’s not a good person
blog@evenyc.com 6 months ago
In b4 he now tries to come down on Mastodon
x00z@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I wanna bet all the CO2 emissions he emits are as much as if he’d sell gasoline cars instead.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In unrelated news, the graphics for the Switch 2 are fucking incredible - look at this shit! This is wild!
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Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 months ago
yes a radar tracking guided missile. lock on to musks jet with AA-missile.
ByteMe@lemmy.world 6 months ago
jsomae@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
NGL I would love to see Nintendo give Luigi Mario a rocket launcher.
Claymore@lemm.ee 6 months ago
haha yeah