It has been several months sinceElon Musk try to delete
@ElonJet, a Twitter account whose activity consists of tracking his movements in
private plane. The profile’s creator is called Jack Sweeney and, at 19, he is already known for setting up similar tracking bots to track tech giants like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
According to the Guardian, the boss of
Tesla contacted Jack Sweeney last November to ask him to cease his activity, claiming a danger to his safety. “I don’t really like the idea of being shot by a sick man,” he wrote to persuade him. But the billionaire’s complaints weren’t enough to coax the young man to whom he would then have offered… $5,000!
A small effort
Very unfortunately for Elon Musk, Jack Sweeney once once more remained cold in the face of this offer. Inevitably, the owner of the ElonJet account thought he might get a little more from one of the richest men in the world. According to the British daily, he then offered to delete his account for 50,000 dollars, just to help pay for his studies and perhaps to buy a car. “Maybe even a Tesla Model 3”, even replied to Elon Musk the daring student.
The billionaire suddenly felt uncomfortable regarding paying to have this account deleted and ended the negotiations. But who knows, maybe he will change his mind, unless he decides to abandon his jets to take commercial flights!
