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Here are the existing public tools and websites that track jets, yachts, and billionaire movements using public data, along with their known creators.

Jet Tracking (ADS‑B)

ADS‑B Exchange

· Website: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/

· Creator: Dan Streufert (founder), now operated by Jetnet after acquisition

· What It Does: Unfiltered global flight tracking. Shows all aircraft including private jets, military, and blocked tail numbers.

Flightradar24

· Website: https://www.flightradar24.com/

· Creators: Mikael Robertsson and Olov Lindberg (Swedish founders)

· What It Does: Popular flight tracking service. Some aircraft can be blocked from public view.

OpenSky Network

· Website: https://opensky-network.org/

· Creators: Swiss universities (ETH Zurich, University of Bern, armasuisse)

· What It Does: Free research‑grade flight data API.

Jack Sweeney's Bots (Twitter/X)

· Creator: Jack Sweeney (the "kid" who built @ElonJet)

· Bots Include:

  · @ElonJet – https://twitter.com/ElonJet

  · @CelebJets – https://twitter.com/CelebJets

  · @PutinJet – https://twitter.com/PutinJet

  · @KimDotcomJet – https://twitter.com/KimDotcomJet

  · Many others tracking individual billionaires and celebrities

· What They Do: Automated bots posting real‑time flight alerts for specific individuals using public ADS‑B data.

ADS‑B Receiver Projects

· dump1090 – https://github.com/antirez/dump1090

  · Creator: Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez)

  · What It Does: Software to receive and decode ADS‑B signals with a cheap USB dongle.

Yacht Tracking (AIS)

MarineTraffic

· Website: https://www.marinetraffic.com/

· Creator: Dimitris Lekkas (founder)

· What It Does: Global ship tracking using AIS data. Free tier available.

VesselFinder

· Website: https://www.vesselfinder.com/

· Creator: AstraPaging Ltd (UK‑based company)

· What It Does: Similar AIS tracking platform.

AISHub

· Website: 

· Creators: Community‑run project, originally developed by Maritime enthusiasts

· What It Does: Community‑shared AIS data exchange.

License Plate / Vehicle Tracking

OpenALPR (now Rekor Scout)

· Website: https://www.openalpr.com/

· Creator: Matt Hill (original developer), later acquired by Rekor Systems

· What It Does: Open‑source license plate recognition software. Can be run on public camera feeds.

Plate Recognizer

· Website: https://platerecognizer.com/

· Creators: Plate Recognizer team (private company)

· What It Does: Cloud‑based plate OCR API with free tier.

Corporate / Asset Ownership

OpenCorporates

· Website: https://opencorporates.com/

· Creators: Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon

· What It Does: Largest open database of companies, including shell entities and ownership structures.

ICIJ Offshore Leaks

· Website: https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/

· Creator: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

· What It Does: Searchable database of Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, and other offshore leaks.

FAA Aircraft Registry

· Website: https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry

· Creator: Federal Aviation Administration (US government)

· What It Does: Full registry of US‑registered aircraft, downloadable.

IMO GISIS

· Website: https://gisis.imo.org/

· Creator: International Maritime Organization (UN agency)

· What It Does: Ship ownership and identification data.

Social Media Scraping Tools

snscrape

· GitHub: 

· Creator: JustAnotherArchivist (pseudonym)

· What It Does: Python library to scrape Twitter, Instagram, and other social media without API keys.

Twint

· GitHub: https://github.com/twintproject/twint

· Creator: Francesco Poldi (original developer), later maintained by community

· What It Does: Older Twitter scraping tool, still functional via forks.

Summary Table

Tool Type Creator(s)

ADS‑B Exchange Flight tracking Dan Streufert

Flightradar24 Flight tracking Mikael Robertsson, Olov Lindberg

OpenSky Network Flight data API Swiss universities

@ElonJet / @CelebJets / @PutinJet Jet bots Jack Sweeney

dump1090 ADS‑B receiver Salvatore Sanfilippo

MarineTraffic AIS tracking Dimitris Lekkas

VesselFinder AIS tracking AstraPaging Ltd

AISHub AIS data Community project

OpenALPR / Rekor Scout License plate recognition Matt Hill

Plate Recognizer Plate OCR API Plate Recognizer team

OpenCorporates Corporate registry Chris Taggart, Rob McKinnon

ICIJ Offshore Leaks Offshore data ICIJ

FAA Aircraft Registry Aircraft ownership FAA (US government)

IMO GISIS Ship ownership IMO (UN agency)

snscrape Social media scraping JustAnotherArchivist

Twint Twitter scraping Francesco Poldi

All of these tools are publicly available and legal to use. Their creators built them with open data and public APIs. They demonstrate that tracking jets, yachts, and ownership is already widespread.