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Comment by fleddr | Hacker News Reader

He's still a person. Don't publicly track the whereabouts of people, it's creepy, intimidating and threatening.

Conversely, don't become a public figure if you can't handle the costs. This kind of stuff comes with the territory. I don't advocate stalking public figures, but I have more sympathy for random private individuals being stalked than I do people who willingly choose the spotlight.

Public figures are human beings too believe it or not

Yes, of course. And they made a choice willingly, knowing that there is a price. Can't have the upsides of being famous without the downsides, they are a package deal.

They are not publicly tracking any person, though, just a plane I thought.

Would it be any different if they were tracking his car? Does tracking an object owned by a person somehow make it any better? What's next, Musk's TV viewing habits? Browsing history? These are just things and not the person, so it's ok, right? No, of course not.

The comment I responded to was about tracking the person. A person's viewing history is different from their automobile being reported in a public place. Steve Jobs disliked it so much that he would regularly lease cars to avoid having a permanent license plate that could be associated with him. [0] TV viewing habits and browsing history are not public activities occuring in plain view of everyone else.

[0]: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-car-apple-ceo-l...

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