Taylor Swift has issued a cease and desist to a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track her private jet.
The musician blamed Jack Sweeney's automated tracking of her private jet for tipping off stalkers to her whereabouts.
In the letter, lawyers from the law firm Venable accused Mr Sweeney of effectively providing "individuals intent on harming her, or with nefarious or violent intentions, a roadmap to carry out their plans".
Mr Sweeney provided the link to that letter in an email to The Associated Press.
In that message, he emphasised while he has never intended to cause harm, he also believes strongly in the importance of transparency and public information.
"One should reasonably expect that their jet will be tracked, whether or not I'm the one doing it, as it is public information after all," he wrote.
A spokesperson for Swift echoed the legal complaint, saying that "the timing of stalkers" suggests a connection to Mr Sweeney's flight-tracking sites.
The spokesperson did not respond to questions seeking elaboration of that charge, such as whether stalkers have been seen waiting for Swift at the airport when her plane arrived or, alternatively, if there is evidence stalkers have somehow inferred Swift's subsequent location from the arrival time of her flight.
The legal letter also accuses Mr Sweeney of "disregarding the personal safety of others"; "wilful and repeated harassment of our client"; and "intentional, offensive, and outrageous conduct and consistent violations of our client's privacy".
Mr Sweeney says he uses unencrypted signals broadcasted from planes, using hobbyist networks which the Federal Communications Commission "does not prohibit".
That fact did not dissuade the Venable lawyers, who demanded Mr Sweeney "immediately stop providing information about our client's location to the public".
At one point Mr Sweeney had more than 30 such accounts tracking billionaires' flights on Twitter, now known as X.
X founder Elon Musk subsequently had his own dust-up with Mr Sweeney, tweeting at one point his commitment to free speech required him not to ban Mr Sweeney's @elonjet account even though he considered it "a direct personal safety risk".
But it wasn't long before Mr Musk effectively banned the student from X, accusing him of endangering his personal safety.
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