The creator of ElonJet has held out for more money, or maybe an internship.
Jack Sweeney, a 19-year-old from Florida, rejected a $5,000 offer from Elon Musk to delete his Twitter account that tracks the billionaire’s private jet. ElonJet has over 150,000 followers, and uses a bot that Sweeney developed to monitor Musk’s flights. The feed then tweets out when and where the plane takes off or lands and the duration of each trip. The college freshman has developed about a dozen other flight bot accounts that track the travels of high-profile tech titans, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The initial direct message from Musk came November 30, Protocol first reported. “Can you take this down?” Musk asked Sweeney. “It’s a security risk.” The Tesla and SpaceX CEO eventually offered the teenager $5,000 to help prevent “crazy people” from tracking his flights.
