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I couldn't help but notice some of the internal comms wires that were seemingly crossed between Firefly's CRO and their Product team (and the police apparently)
by shostack 7y ago
I couldn't help but notice some of the internal comms wires that were seemingly crossed between Firefly's CRO and their Product team (and the police apparently).
>"When you look at that density in major cities, we do have the potential to collect significant amounts of data. The question is what to do with that data.” (After this story was published, a Firefly representative said the company was “not questioning what to do with that data.”)"
>"But he said they’ve been “contemplating” and “testing lightly” a feature where the screens pick up noise off the street with built-in microphones. (Noise sensors are not part of last week’s roll-out. A Firefly representative stressed to CityLab after publication that Hudes has nothing to do with the product team where these decisions would be made, and that all his mentions of such a feature are hypothetical and are not part of the company’s roadmap.)"
>"Acoustic data cross-referenced with GPS coordinates might help police identify where the shot came from, and from what direction. The San Francisco police department says that “never had such a discussion with a Firefly representative about this hypothetical use of this technology.” They did meet with a representative “to discuss the possibility of featuring public safety messages on the display screens,” but have no formal agreement, and have “no plans to move forward with an agreement.”