[Niksko]

A Google search got me the tail number. ADS-B data is easily accessible, there are APIs. Seems like some bigger sites like Flight Aware are already redacting info for her tail number, but it took me a few minutes to find another site that didn't seem to.

I think you can credibly make the argument that when these protocols were invented, the intent wasn't for the data to be this public or accessible, and that we could perhaps update the protocols to avoid something like this.

But from a technology point of view, saying that flight data is somehow private is like saying that if I set up an FM radio station and someone buys an FM radio and listens in they're somehow snooping on my radio station.

[xenadu02]

Aircraft make use of the air space above a bunch of people's random property. They could (in theory) also come down on top of you.

I think it makes sense for that data to be public. If you don't like it don't fly.

Also you can't prevent this sort of thing. Airplane ADS-B squawks ident info for collision avoidance and to help ATC (Air Traffic Control). The signal is simple for reliability and compatibility. Anyone can receive that data.

This whole thing about her carbon footprint is also nonsense assuming those jets are ferrying her crew and equipment that would just have to travel by commercial jet otherwise. Unless it's a lux jet just for her it makes as good as no difference in CO2 emissions whether her jet emits them or she pays United to do it.

[ffgjgf1]

> Unless it's a lux jet just for her it makes

Why would we assume anything else? There’s probably a private jet for her and a chartered one(s) for crew and equipment

[nullindividual]

This data is absolutely designed to be 100% public and actively broadcasted — by law.

[mnky9800n]

If they are going to redact her tail number then I would appreciate them redacting mine as well.