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0 pointsshkkmo3y ago0 comments

The data isn't publicly available from the government because the plane is on the LADD list https://laddlist.com/aircraft/N628ts

Thus the only public source is ADSBExchange because it uses croudsourced data.

So the data isn't "public by design" but due to a lack of privacy laws that prohibit selling this sort location data.

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nickthegreek3y ago· 2 in thread

The planes literally broadcast their location. It is in fact, public data.

shkkmoOP3y ago

Aggregation of this type of public data (face recognition, license plates, cookies, etc) can absolutely create new privacy concerns. We should have privacy laws that protect us from this type of aggregation. Whether those laws should extend to plane transponder data comes down to the tradeoff between loss of privacy/security and transparency gains.

What I don't like is the argument that purely because some piece of information is "public", we should allow companies to aggregate and sell this data.

nickthegreek3y ago

100% when it comes to getting legislation out that that limits what data companies can aggregate and sell. But I dont think the current location of the jets of the rich.... that's the starting point for the conversation?!

And as a reminder, these planes literally broadcast their location themselves to the public.

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