const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoA Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Ban the Sale of Cell Phone Location Datagizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkA Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Ban the Sale of Cell Phone Location Datagizmodo.comconst_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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.
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.