Taylor Swift's Jet Tracking Drama: A Timeline

Taylor Swift and Elon Musk are among the celebrities who don't want real-time location data for their private jets to be publicly available, but in the United States, aircraft data is legally accessible for real-time tracking. While celebrities have expressed concerns about safety and privacy, the information shared by tracking accounts is based on publicly available data, including Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) signals. Despite legal availability, there are valid safety concerns for private jet owners, and the rapid development of technology has made it easier to collect and share information, drawing the ire of some public figures.