Elon Musk offers $5,000 for youngster to stop tracking him
What was he expecting? He was somehow invading his privacy...
Elon Musk is in the news again, this time linked to a certain young man who was tracking his private jet.
Jack Sweeney, 19, created a Twitter account specifically to track Elon Musk's jet.
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The account, which was created in June 2020, uses bots to collect publicly available air traffic data detailing the movements of Musk's private jet.
Protocol first reported that Musk had approached Sweeney late last year and offered $5,000 (R77,000) to get the account taken down, saying it posed a "security risk."
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In a new interview with Bloomberg, Sweeney said Musk blocked all social media accounts connected to Sweeney on Sunday night. "You know, it's kinda strange, he wants it down and seems like he's really mad," Sweeney shared with Bloomberg.
Sweeney told Insider last week Musk had introduced some measures he himself had recommended during their Twitter conversation, which makes it harder to track the jet.
It is extremely interesting seeing a young man be in trouble with such a powerful man. Why is he not scared?
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