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The data collected by phones are used to train systems like web/voice search, voice translation, and routing algorithms, all which ostensibly (or, at least, pur
by danso 7y ago
The data collected by phones are used to train systems like web/voice search, voice translation, and routing algorithms, all which ostensibly (or, at least, purportedly) benefit billions of end users on a daily basis. I don’t see how you can say Tesla’s case is so obviously a more justified example. In any case, this article is about all cars — Tesla vehicles are still a sliver of the user base.
- wool_gather 7y agoMaybe (some of) the information collected by the OS vendor is used for these purposes. The majority of it, the stuff sent by third-party SDKs back to that third party, is just to enable customer profiling or "analytics".
- danso 7y agoSorry, what’s this straw man argument that you’ve attributed to me? That I’ve asserted every piece of data collected by Android goes toward a public good?
- JamesBarney 7y agoI think it's more valuable for two reasons. One the end result is more valuables, I'd trade all of those services for self-driving cars. And second I think other types of data are easier to get than driving data.
- danso 7y agoWe are not given any evidence or elaboration on how Tesla (or any other company) is using that data toward self-driving, nevermind that the data will be exclusively used for just that and not a myriad of other self-serving purposes.