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A more correct comparison is a store recording how people shop in their locations to better optimize paths and locations of products. Your comparison is more li
by talmand 9y ago
A more correct comparison is a store recording how people shop in their locations to better optimize paths and locations of products. Your comparison is more like an app that watches everything you do on your computer outside the context of the app.
Not quite the same thing.
- rbobby 9y ago> a store recording how people shop in their locations to better optimize paths and locations of products Hmmm... nice pitch. Has your series A filled up yet? /hehehe like I have money :)
- ryukafalz 9y agoRetailers already do this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/19/how-stores-use-your-phones-wifi-to-track-your-shopping-habits/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/19...
- dec0dedab0de 9y agoAn even more correct comparison is if you invited a salesperson into your house and they had hidden cameras and other sensors recording everything.
- bhhaskin 9y agoNot really, because again it doesn't recorded anything outside of it's context. It's more like being part of a user study group every time you use their product, whether or not you want to be, or agree to be.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoFine then, compare it to a TV that watches you back whenever you're looking at it.
- whateverssssss 9y agofalse, many many websites have much of your very personal information, information that is not leaked by walking around a store.
- db48x 9y agoUnless you signed up for the loyalty card.