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Comment #34042212
> That Finnish law you quoted makes exceptions for public channels, so you are wrong about that as well What am I wrong about? It obviously makes an exemption for CB radio which is…
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Comment #34040015
>I contend this is no different to yelling out of your window and criminalizing people hearing you. You are deeply wrong. Humans can not listen to radio transmissions without speci…
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Comment #34039484
You have simply disregarded everything that has been said so far and returned to merely repeating the "god-given right"-opinion. > Just because it requires a trivial bit of technol…
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Comment #34038520
>Why are you using such extreme language? Is it possible to converse in a way without over-the-top adjectives like 'god-given right'? Because of how you seem to be approaching this…
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Comment #34038344
It's not like Microsoft just convinced a single judge about this either. https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/08/microsoft-seizes-domains-r... https://arstechnica.com/information-technol…
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Comment #34038263
Do you believe that it is a net-positive for society to see things this way? If so, can you put in the least bit of effort to explain as to why? You seem to be expressing an ideolo…
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Comment #34035337
>(This isn't a particularly idle concern. Amazingly Microsoft once got a court to let it take operational control of the domain no-ip.org — that is, to actually hijack the domain —…
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Comment #34028037
It's the general data privacy regulation, it applies generally , to everything . It treats planes, cars and phones in exactly the same way (in that it never specifically mentions a…
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Comment #34026642
>1. Flight tracking data, collected from ADS-B, is legal and publicly available. Aircraft ownership data is public too. Not legal in Europe. You can't legally collect this (or any …
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Comment #34026625
GDPR has nothing to do with citizenship, why would you even bring that up? Really, it even has nothing to do with residency. It's all to do with jurisdiction, when Elon happens to …
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Comment #34018179
>edit: Specifically mentioning planes and their locations, I mean, not "extrapolating from cars to planes". You have to be trolling. What leads you to believe that the GDPR which n…
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Comment #34017739
Planes are very often registered to individuals, and that doesn't even matter! The plane being company owned doesn't magically change anything, what matters is who's being transpor…
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Comment #34015955
As far as I can see, nobody here has made any claims regarding anything being illegal in the US. > Please provide some evidence of your repeated claim that they're illegal in Europ…
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Comment #34015928
Yes, but in the EU this would be illegal. https://www.privacy-ticker.com/decision-to-fine-the-norwegia...
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Comment #34015155
Who gives a shit about Elon? What the ADS-B data brokers are doing will continue to be illegal even if Elon never steps on a flight again.
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Comment #34013302
> Perhaps that's the real issue here. I don't see how it could be, that seems like an entirely separate issue.
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Comment #34012911
Buddy, not everybody shares your weird Elon obsession. There are interesting phenomena to discuss here, but Elon's mood swings aren't one of them.
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Comment #34012096
> It has exemptions for data published o based at n a legal requirement (could be the case here) Couldn't, there's no legal requirement for anyone to record and publish ADS-B trans…
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Comment #34011689
The comment you're replying to perfectly addresses that.
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Comment #34011657
Why should anyone involved need to be in European? The jet in question is known to visit Europe with Musk aboard. > a company with a European or UK connection about an EU or UK dat…
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Comment #34011552
Why would a plane be treated differently than a car in a GDPR context?
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Comment #34011527
GDPR does not only apply to people of the EU, GDPR applies within the jurisdiction of the states which have implemented it. GDPR protects Musk when he flies to Europe, you'd have t…
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Comment #34011420
GDPR has nothing to do with whether or not you live in Europe. The plane we're discussing here does frequently visit Europe.
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Comment #34011374
How could it not be? Your plane's location data is just as personal as your car's, or your cellphone's. There's no special aircraft exemption in the GDPR.
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