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Evading the Public Eye: On Astroturfing in Open Aviation Data

Martin Strohmeier
Junzi Sun

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The usage of large private and business jets, from those owned by Elon Musk to Kylie Jenner and Bernard Arnault, has recently attracted considerable attention in many countries. Enabled by open and crowdsourced aircraft tracking systems based on the automatic dependent surveillancebroadcast protocol, the aircraft and their owners have been scrutinized. While the underlying technology is not novel and its privacy issues have been discussed for years, the increased attention has led to the backlash against open tracking data and, consequently, a scramble to find possible solutions to hide private jets from the public eye. In this paper, we analyze two such methods, which have not yet been discussed previously in the literature: blocking requests to web tracking platforms and malicious editing of crowdsourced databases. We draw on data from the OpenSky Network and illustrate the futility of such approaches. Finally, we outline the type of stakeholders and aircraft deploying such methods, as well as demonstrate the level of environmental impact that might have otherwise been missed by the public.
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hal-03920527 , version 1 (03-01-2023)

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Martin Strohmeier, Xavier Olive, Junzi Sun. Evading the Public Eye: On Astroturfing in Open Aviation Data. OpenSky 2022, Nov 2022, Delft, Netherlands. pp.7, ⟨10.3390/engproc2022028007⟩. ⟨hal-03920527⟩

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