Elon Musk and other private jet owners may soon be able to stop the public from learning about their flights, thanks to the FAA reauthorization bill recently passed by the House.
Such information has proven useful to journalists and other researchers — but some plane owners, including Musk, have argued that it can pose a security risk.
Private plane information has long been public record. But, until the relatively recent advent of online flight trackers, it was cumbersome for most people to learn who owned what plane or where it had flown.