How SpaceX ‘failed’ to hide Elon Musk’s private jet location

Twitter owner Elon Musk in December suspended the account “@ElonJet,” which tracked and tweeted the movements of the SpaceX CEO’s private jet. Musk first did not remove the account citing free speech but later Twitter suspended the handle saying that real-time posting of another person’s location violates Twitter’s doxxing policy. At that time, it was reported that the account used publicly available information to track the movement of private jets of celebrities and top industry execs, among others. Now a report has claimed that despite having enrolled in a program to prevent tracking, SpaceX failed to hide Musk’s location properly.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s Privacy ICAO Aircraft Address program (PIA) allows private jet owners to create a dummy or “temporary” aircraft registration number.