I actually voted ‘now’, because what they did wasn’t a violation of the rules at the time they did it. The rules were changed, and then they were suspended.
Also, posting public flight info, although irresponsible, isn’t the same thing as doxxing someone.
I don’t think he made the right decision, though obviously understandable when what they did enabled someone to threaten the safety of his kid.
All of this to say, I don’t think it’s a resurgence of bot activity.
Update: I was missing a major piece of the story. What was posted was not simply public flight info. From what I gather, Elon pays for a service to anonymize his travel so he, personally, doesn’t have his location always available to any nutcase. (Remember, he’s a private citizen, not a government employee).
What happened was someone reverse engineered the method used, and broadcasted for everyone his active flight path.
This is equivalent to someone accessing a cab dispatch center, finding out the cab number that Elon is in, and then broadcasting it to the world in real time.
Knowing these details, I would gladly support a permanent ban for these accounts.
I actually voted ‘now’, because what they did wasn’t a violation of the rules at the time they did it. The rules were changed, and then they were suspended.
Also, posting public flight info, although irresponsible, isn’t the same thing as doxxing someone.
I don’t think he made the right decision, though obviously understandable when what they did enabled someone to threaten the safety of his kid.
All of this to say, I don’t think it’s a resurgence of bot activity.
Update: I was missing a major piece of the story. What was posted was not simply public flight info. From what I gather, Elon pays for a service to anonymize his travel so he, personally, doesn’t have his location always available to any nutcase. (Remember, he’s a private citizen, not a government employee).
What happened was someone reverse engineered the method used, and broadcasted for everyone his active flight path.
This is equivalent to someone accessing a cab dispatch center, finding out the cab number that Elon is in, and then broadcasting it to the world in real time.
Knowing these details, I would gladly support a permanent ban for these accounts.