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		hunterb123 on Dec 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account So you wouldn't mind your car being tracked and publicly broadcast? It is just an automobile after all, and vehicles aren't citizens... Cue fallback argument. EDIT: added clarification to distinguish between Tweeting coordinates and Onstar services.

worker_thread on Dec 15, 2022 | [–]

jacquesm didn't decided to be public figure who owns a jet, and no one asked Elon to do the same. Elon is free to walk away from it the moment he chooses to be.

bombcar on Dec 15, 2022 | [–]

I mean it is tracked quietly by those who care.

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