jack sweeney joins me from the university of central florida. k, what are you majoring in and what is your career aspiration? >> majoring here in i.t. in ucf. and i want to do software aviation like i am right now, basically. >> what was the plan when you started tracking elon musk's gulfstream? >> i was a man of elon and tesla and spacex and everything he's got going on. just interested in where he's going. just a hobby to see what business he was up. >> fair to say, though, that never was the goal, hey, i'm going to track him and get him to pay me money? >> no, i was a fan. i'd never want to just try to get money out of him. >> what about the concern that he raises that perhaps this poses a security threat? >> you know, there is some merit to that. but, you know, i don't know if he's being completely truthful that it's all security. maybe he just doesn't want to be seen. and i don't think the security risk -- it's that big because even just recently, elon had an event in texas. someone asked him if he would come to this public event, and he sai

elon musk's jet creator jack sweeney joins us now welcome. you identify this plane you were following was musk's plane? >> so, it's actually well known, like even before i started tracking him, you know, the plane is registered to a subsidiary of spacex falcon landing, so it's all in the public documents and there's also pictures of it. and the tail number is actually november 628, which is elon musk's birthday and t for tesla and s for spacex >> you did this not to make money. you didn't go into this thinking i'm going to extort elon musk? >> no, no. it's just a hobby and interest to see where he was going and all his business activity. >> so do you make any money from these enterprises where you follow somebody? you don't collect subscription fees or anything like that >> some donations and some ad revenue recently, but you know, it's nothing too great >> who else have you followed and have they reached out to you? >> no one's reached out to me, but i have had jeff bezos, bill gates, trump's jet and then, you know, more recently, mark cuban

it was all created by jack sweeney. >> i just want to see where he goes and some other people are interestedit. >> the i.t. major at the university of central florida says he likes tesla and spacex, so he created software that tweets its location when the plane is on the move. in late november musk reached out. >> one night when i'm about to go to bed, he dms me, hey, can you take this down, it's a security risk. after that, he offered me the $5,000. he wanted to make it harder for people to track him. i asked for $50,000. and then last wednesday he said it doesn't feel right to pay to take this down. >> reporter: nbc news has reviewed the twitter message exchange. sweeney later wrote he would take it down for an internship, but now says musk blocks him on twitter. as for the security risk, our aviation expert says virtually all civilian aircraft can be tracked by a wide variety of tracking systems available to the public. our legal analyst says it doesn't break any laws. >> it could backfire big time on mr. musk if he tried to quiet this through the use of his legal team. >> reporter: sween

flight plans that aren't sensitive are pubicly available, but elon dmed jack sweeney to offer him $5,000—old said he was holding out for $50,000, but would also delete the @elonjet account in exchange for a tesla internship. right, time for the "and finally," and most of you probably know by now that those grey, yellow and green squares showing up in our socialfeeds is in fact the daily web—based game wordle. well, this week, the new york times bought it for an undisclosed sum in the low seven figures and has said the game would initially remain free. so go on then — what's your starter word? feels nice at the moment. you know, i've had worse things on my head over the years. i am here at digital construction week in london's excel centre, which features some of the industry's newest tech. it's the world's most accurate augmented reality device. we are able to position it into precision. david is one of the founders of the company behind these augmented reality headsets specially created for the construction industry. if you think back to your school days, you might remember these. these

all created by jack sweeney. >> interested to see where he goes and some other people are interestedit. >> reporter: the i-team major said he likes tesla and spacex. so he created software that shows when it is on the move. in late november musk reached out. >> one night when i'm about to go to bed. he says hey, can you take this down? it's a security risk. after that, he offered me the $5,000. after i gave him the advice to take it down and make it harder for people to track him. i asked for $50. last wednesday, he said, it doesn't feel right to take this down. >> reporter: nbc news has reviewed the twitter message exchange. he said he would take it down for internship but now said musk blocks him on twitter. as for the security risk, our aviation expert said virtually all civilian aircraft can be tracked by a wide variety of tracking systems. >> it could back fire big time on mr. musk if he tried to quiet this through the use of his legal team. >> reporter: sweeney has launched other accounts to track billionaires like bill gates and jeff bezos. the successful musk tracker will sta

flight plans that aren't sensitive are pubicly available, but elon dmed jack sweeney to offer him $5,000as holding out for $50,000, but would also delete the @elonjet account in exchange for a tesla internship. right, time for the "and finally," and most of you probably know by now that those grey, yellow and green squares showing up in our socialfeeds is in fact the daily web—based game wordle. well, this week the new york times bought it for an undisclosed sum in the low seven figures and has said the game would initially remain free. so go on then — what's your starter word? feels nice at the moment. you know, i've had worse things on my head over the years. i am here at digital construction week in london's excel centre, which features some of the industry's newest tech. it's the world's most accurate augmented reality device. we are able to position it into position. david is one of the founders of the company behind these augmented reality headsets specially created for the construction industry. if you think back to your school days, you might remember these. these are 2d elevatio

jack sweeney, the freshman at the university of central florida, is in a standoff with elon musk afterating a twitter service tracking his private jet. it is called elon musk's jet and was launched in june 2020. musk offered the teen $5,000 to shutdown the service, but sweeney turned it down, raising the stakes to $50,000 or an internship opportunity. he said he's been blocked by the billionaire on social media. meantime, he is launching a business called ground control to monitor the flight activity of other billionaires like bill gates and jeff bezos. coming up, getting closer to a vaccine for all. pfizer requesting the fda to approve its covid vaccine for kids under five. when that can happen, what it means, next. ford its big plans to take on , tech, the carmaker accelerating its ev spending by as much as $20 billion. more on that scoop later. this is bloomberg. ♪ - [announcer] imagine having fuller, thicker, more voluminous hair instantly. all it takes is just one session at hairclub. introducing xtrands. xtrands adds hundreds or even thousands of hair strands to your existing hai

jack sweeney, the freshman at the university of central florida, is in a standoff with elon musk afterating a twitter service tracking his private jet. it is called elon musk's jet and was launched in june 2020. he offered the teen $5,000 to shutdown the service, but sweeney turned it down, raising the stakes to $50,000 or an internship opportunity. he said he's been blocked by the billionaire on social media. launching a business called cloud control to monitor the flight activity of other billionaires like bill gates and jeff bezos. coming up, getting closer to a vaccine for all. pfizer approving the covid vaccine for kids under five. when that can happen, what it means. for its big plans to take on tech, the carmaker accelerating its ev spending by as much as $20 billion. more on that scoop later. this is bloomberg. as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable nationwid

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