Companies track, log, and sell your location, using the apps on your phone.

[Parliament 14134]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html

 

[wildcat09 29243]

Damned shame we can’t do anything about it, since regulation is communism or something.

[NWBuck 8547]

Well, I think we don’t have anything to worry about as long as we don't give them our DNA for some sort of database thing. 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

Damned shame we can’t do anything about it, since regulation is communism or something.

Yep, private companies have our best interests at heart. Evil regulation is wrong. 

[elfenix 34171]

[F250 28682]

Nobody cares. COPRA was introduced in the Senate several weeks ago and no one besides privacy advocates seem to care if it succeeds. Shit, I bet more than 80% of the American public even understands what should be the basic legislative priorities when it comes to consumer data protection.

[formermav43 4599]

1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

Damned shame we can’t do anything about it, since regulation is communism or something.

The government is too busy doing the same thing to your phone to bother with regulation anyway.

[RDCanecutter 26268]

Next time you stop for a train at a crossing, just get out of the car, chuck your iPhone into a passing hopper car, then smirk at how bad you burned those bastids.

[Goredho 17348]

In 2021 we'll find out one of the vetted partners was Cambridge Geolytica.

[RPM 26227]

Doesn't matter. Cops are tracking your movement with the Vigilant System.

[Bookman 4610]

I was talking to my insurance agent last week and she mentioned how I could save money by downloading this app designed to help with driving-while-using-your-phone.

Since this was a big problem for me several years ago, and I'll catch myself doing it every now and then, I downloaded it. After a few trips, I noticed it was tracking everything. The miles I drove. Where and when I was traveling, which means how fast I was driving. How long I was there.

Delete.

[RPM 26227]

24 minutes ago, Bookman said:

I was talking to my insurance agent last week and she mentioned how I could save money by downloading this app designed to help with driving-while-using-your-phone.

Since this was a big problem for me several years ago, and I'll catch myself doing it every now and then, I downloaded it. After a few trips, I noticed it was tracking everything. The miles I drove. Where and when I was traveling, which means how fast I was driving. How long I was there.

Delete.