Publishing sensitive data about a person or organization is known as “doxxing”, including their home address or phone number
User account that tracked the movements of Elon Musk’s private jet and showed its footprint in real time has been disabled by Twitter
The ElonJet account – run by Jack Sweeney – operated on the basis of an automated software program using publicly available data.
Musk said yesterday that “any user account that publishes a real-time location will be disabled, as this is a physical breach of security” of the person.
However, posts about locations someone has traveled to at a later time are not a security issue. “Posting in real-time about someone else’s location violates the Internet Privacy Policy, but timed posts about that particular topic are OK, consistent with that policy,” Musk said yesterday, reacting in a post about disabling the profile mentioned above.
Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.
Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so it’s ok.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022
The billionaire said in another post that one of his sons (lil X) was harassed, linking the incident to stalking accounts.
“Last night a car carrying my son was followed by a crazy annoying fan (they thought it was me). He later blocked the movement of the vehicle and climbed onto its hood. Legal action is being taken against Sweeney and organizations that support the harassment of my family,” according to Musk. Later in the day, Sweeney’s account was disabled by Twitter.
Anyone recognize this person or car? pic.twitter.com/2U0Eyx7iwl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2022
In a separate development, the Twitter accounts that track the private jet movements of billionaire tech entrepreneurs Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have also been deactivated.
Publishing sensitive data about a person or organization is known as “doxxing,” including their home address or phone number.
Who is Sweeney?
Sweeney, a 20-year-old student at the University of Central Florida who runs similar accounts tracking Musk’s private jet on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram, said in a post on Saturday that Ella Irwin, vice president of Twitter for reliability and security recommended that access to the same account should be restricted so that fewer users have access to it.
Twitter Inc and Sweeney did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Sweeney has said in previous interviews that he had turned down an offer of $5,000 from Musk in 2021 to deactivate his account.
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