• ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      taylor swift publicly has a tour schedule that anyone with internet access can get. and I’m sure that these places have airports. and flight logs are public. it’s not hard to figure out what plane left from the city she was in is going to her next tour date.

      if she, the most famous and richest white woman on the planet doesn’t want her movements tracked her movements would not be tracked.

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          Do you think someone is going to try to shoot down her plane or something??? She still has that security with her right before takeoff and right after she lands

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        Note that her private plane is a bit separate and I think flying a private plane means your privacy is screwed unless you absolutely know your tail number is a secret.

        On the matter of tour schedule, that may be a matter of ‘professional’ versus ‘personal’ time. While doing her professional act, well, her whereabouts are obviously well known and extra precautions and vigilance are part of the cost of doing business. During ‘off’ time one might reasonably hope for being able to let your guard down a touch when you get to your rural mountain cabin that no one should know about.

        Again, using a private jet as means of transport throws that out the window, but the concept that your work itinerary being widely known implies that of course your personal itinerary is fair game is not something I can get behind.

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      10 months ago

      Oh, poor Billionaire that can afford 24 hr private security! /s

      I don’t care. She has other options, anyway. She can’t have her cake and eat it, too.

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          10 months ago

          Yes she can, she can also afford a private jet to fly her around. Not sure what your point is.

          Choices have consequences. She chooses a private jet that will have an ADS-B transponder that will thus be linked to her travel. That’s just how it works.

          And you are complaining she faces violence threats. My point is, she can easily mitigate them.

          Private security ain’t gonna do much in a sealed tube 10k feet in the air.

          Stalkers aren’t going to do mush there, either. What danger do you think she faces in the air?

          Such as?

          Fly commercial. Much harder to find when you could be on any of dozens of flights. Also, she could charter different jets. People might still find her from flight plans, but it would be much harder.

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              We all know how it works. I’m suggesting maybe the way it works should change to improve safety.

              I do not believe the current system is unsafe. This is 100% her not liking the articles about her massive carbon emissions. If anything, we should further expose these megapolluters.

              I’ve “complained” about nothing. You’re imagining things.

              Oh, going off a semantics! Whatever. You certainly are stating it.

              Would you care to make a suggestion?

              I did. You ignored it. What do you think paid security is?

              I literally just explained that in the comment you just replied to. Verbal and physical assault and harassment while in a sealed tube tens of thousands of feet in the air.

              How on earth are people verbally or physically assaulting her on her private jet? It is literally only her and her entourage on board. How does being able to track her flight lead to someone able to assault her on board? You make no sense

              Hell, even flying commercial, they will land the plane and place the offender under arrest. They will restrain you in the meantime. They carry zip tie handcuffs and tape to secure disruptive individuals. Celebrities fly commercial all the time. Aside from maybe stares or people asking for selfies, they are perfectly safe. But that is part of the deal of being a celebrity. She is well compensated for it.

              And I am ignoring nothing. I just wholeheartedly disagree with you an every point you have made.