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minus-squaresoycapitan451@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoAmericans: we will cry foul online until we get an adequate transportation system. Also Americans: we will cry foul online if you try to collect the data that you need to plan a transportation system. Just one example of how phone data is useful.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·1 year agoExcept we don’t have an adequate transportation system despite all the data they keep collecting.
minus-squaresoycapitan451@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-21 year 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.
Americans: we will cry foul online until we get an adequate transportation system.
Also Americans: we will cry foul online if you try to collect the data that you need to plan a transportation system.
Just one example of how phone data is useful.
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.