The owner of Space X and Tesla offered him almost 4 million pesos to close the twitter account that tracks him.
The 19-year-old from Florida, United States, Josh Sweeney created a bot capable of tracking the private jet of the magnate tecnológico Elon Musk.
Sweeney shared the air transport’s location information on a twitter account in real time, which is why the CEO of Tesla and Space X He offered him US$ 5,000 dollars -a little less than 4 million Chilean pesos- to close the account.
In the conversation that was recorded on the social network, the young man refused to receive the payment and increased the offer to $50,000 dollars -something like 40 million pesos-.
With this amount, he said he would pay for college (the University of Central Florida where he is in his first year) and buy a Tesla Model 3, an electric car manufactured by Musk’s company.
However, the South African businessman refused, saying that it did not seem right to “pay to erase that”, he recorded. CNN.
To which Sweeney replied: “other options than compensation, such as an internship, would make deleting it much easier”, but Musk has not yet responded, details the aforementioned medium.
The ‘bot’ that tracks Elon Musk
Under the user of @ElonJet, which already has more than 230 thousand followers, the teenager uploads exact information regarding the location of the tycoon’s private jet.
Landed near Harlingen, Texas, US. Apx. flt. time 2 Hours : 16 Mins. pic.twitter.com/VKmkxfWyh7
— Elon Musk’s Jet (@ElonJet) January 31, 2022
The young man created an algorithm with data extracted from companies that record flights through an aircraft’s transponder. The ‘bot’ allows to know data such as estimated flight time, location, state, country and the city of the flight, creating a map of the jet’s location. Data that is shared through the aforementioned social network, details the EFE Agency.
Sweeney has been a fan of SpaceX since its first launch in 2018, CNN reported. His father works for an airline so he has a great interest in aviation.
To date, it has also created a dozen of twitter ‘bots’ that track the flights of Bill Gates Y Jeff Bezos, among others.
Despite the fact that Musk told the student that he did not like the idea that he might be shot by some “crazy”, the account is still active, and instead, Sweeney, offered him some security tips and suggested blocking programs to counteract your bot
Although Musk apparently followed this advice, the young man said he is still able to track information regarding the flights “it’s just a little more complicatedSign up for CNN.
