alt Hacker NewsNYTimes article a few years ago on how car insurance companies were using such data. Tracking sudden stoos, driving at night, driving faster than 80 mph, etc.
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baranul • yesterday at 9:57 PM
Exactly. Exchanging private and personal user data without consent and without users being aware of it, for their profits.
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gruez • yesterday at 11:26 PM
Aren't those collected consensually (and pretty explicitly) as part of insurance programs?
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As an aside…
I wonder why “80 mph” was picked as an arbitrary value. In rural areas of Utah we have 80 mph posted limits and prima facie speed laws. A lot of Utah drivers regularly exceed 80 MPH and I’d argue they do so legally. It’s just a weird number for them to pick.