const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoA Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Ban the Sale of Cell Phone Location Datagizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·2 years agoExcept we don’t have an adequate transportation system despite all the data they keep collecting.
minus-squaresoycapitan451@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI can’t comment on that! Just that phone data is very valuable for transportation modelling!
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoSure. My point is that it’s irrelevant. You’re acting like there’s a trade off between privacy and the public good, but because the goal is profitability we get neither privacy nor public good.
Except we don’t have an adequate transportation system despite all the data they keep collecting.
I can’t comment on that! Just that phone data is very valuable for transportation modelling!
Sure. My point is that it’s irrelevant. You’re acting like there’s a trade off between privacy and the public good, but because the goal is profitability we get neither privacy nor public good.