Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying new ways to dodge jet-tracking Twitter accounts.
"The LADD list isn't so helpful because the plane is still identifying itself through ADS-B Exchange," Sweeney told Insider.FAA's privacy ICAO aircraft address program,According to the agency, private plane owners can apply for a temporary aircraft registration number that is not currently attached to any plane, meaning they can basically fly incognito.
However, Sweeney told Insider that even those aircraft can be tracked using ADS-B Exchange, as shown by a screenshot shared with Insider that shows Musk's jet flying on May 7 with no callsign, and no tail number, but had"PIA" flagged. Sweeney'sAn FAA presentation at a conference in Orlando in mid-October. The slide is titled:"Practical Approach to Mitigating Real-time Tracking.