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Old Jan 29, 2025 | 10:55 pm
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Originally Posted by rill2503456
Thanks for the detailed explanation of how those websites operate. Out of curiosity, what safety risks are there? I'm assuming pilots aren't using flightradar or flightaware to track traffic?
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​​​​​​​These helicopters transport "important" people, so you might not want to publicly broadcast EXACTLY where they are and when as it makes them (the people necessarily just while in flight) easier to target by bad actors.
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