Weiheng Zeng originally said he took photos of planes for an aviation fan website. Later he admitted a suspected Chinese government official had given him specific locations in the U.S. to go photograph.

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    2 months ago

    Well if he knew he was doing it for the Chinese government secretly, yeah pretty sure that is illegal.

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      2 months ago

      Flights are publicly trackable…what would be the point of this person covertly taking pics of planes to give to China?

    • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Okay, sure. But, like, why? Any Chinese government official could just go take pictures of the plane. It just doesn’t make any sense