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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. (www.faa.gov)
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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Maybe they're rich people saying fuck y'all, but TBH we've been able to keep website registration info private for years, and privacy is such a big thing now, sure why not.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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).

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 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.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

Sounds like what somebody would say to carefully lay the groundwork for abolishing online anonymity. Computers can cause large scale damage to the public, and they're cheap!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Precisely.

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