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Cellphones may be popular, but they are not ubiquitous. Land lines (and equivalent) work fine for many purposes (including me). Since humans are terrible at as
by pdkl95 10y ago
Cellphones may be popular, but they are not ubiquitous. Land lines (and equivalent) work fine for many purposes (including me).
Since humans are terrible at assessing risks that have probabilistic or delayed effects, most people - including some engineers that should know better - don't understand or underestimate how powerful patter-of-life analysis can be when it can utilize entire lifetimes of timestamped location data.
- chatmasta 10y agoAnd just as you can choose to use a landline, you can choose to drive a 1990 Honda Accord.
- pdkl95 10y agoYes. I do. (an older Civic, but close enough) The point is you shouldn't assume everyone has a cellphone in their pocket. Therefor a car that broadcasts its location would compromise an existing expectation of privacy. The rapidly growing use of ALPR devices is causing a similar compromise of privacy, but that's a separate problem.
- chatmasta 10y agoMy point is that it's not compromising an existing expectation of privacy if 1) you have the option to buy an older car, and 2) you are aware the new car you are considering buying is connected to the Internet.