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Do you remember which taxi group that was? I live in Japan and haven’t noticed that yet

by dvcrn 7y ago

ninjin 7y ago
At the very least Nihon Koutsuu (日本交通) [1] does this. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Kotsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Kotsu
- bamboozled 7y ago
  I also a similar message in a Koutsuu but it was something about "Watching you face to see if you find the content engaging". I guess they think they can keep tailing the information to you until you can't seem to look away? Very creepy.
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    I would immediately switch to another cab.
    - ehnto 7y ago
      I must admit, when travelling I sort of accept a lower level of privacy. Other people who probably have location, purchase, or photographic data about my trip All the governments and airports involved of course Star Bucks saw my credit card appear for the first time across HK and Japan, hopefully the last time JR Rail Companies, all of the train stations NaviTime, the transit app company Google would know pretty much everything about my trip, GMaps was very helpful. My Bank would have a bunch of data The 7/11s, Lawsons, FamilyMarts and their payment providers/banks My Bank knows everything I did Instagram probably has more location data than it should SoftBank wifi saw me travel across the continent, there was almost nowhere safe from a SoftBank SSID and I'm sure they keep track. The list likely goes on. It's almost futile, but not quite. I did my best to be cognizant, but unless you become a hermit in the hills I don't think you can avoid it.
      - Armisael16 7y ago
        Please don’t use code blocks for any sort of text other than code. They’re nearly unreadable on mobile.
        jacquesm 7y ago
        Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. If you want to object to websites that allow codeblocks don't visit those websites, and if you do bring inferior devices to read with then don't complain. HN is one of the most readable websites out there as of today and the degree of bitching about details such as these is infuriating, just look at the ad plastered animated bs you see elsewhere and then realize how trivial this particular gripe is. Rendering is mostly a client side affair, you have all the control you need to make it look any way you want.
        bmn__ 7y ago
        Please don't blame the commenter. Criticise the people behind HN for introducing this user hostile design and refusing to fix it for many years. You can get an extension/userstyle for your browser so that code blocks will not bother you anymore.
        jacquesm 7y ago
        It's not 'user hostile', at worst it is 'device hostile' and HN has plenty of mobile adapted clones out there. For instance: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidroh.materialistic&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr... And plenty of others. The 'people behind HN' are fewer in number than you would likely guess and are working hard to keep the community on the rails, on top of being responsible for the development. It is not as though they are drowning in capacity.
        ehnto 7y ago
        Of the options available, I thought this was the most reasonable. The markup available doesn't make it particularly easy to do lists on HN. It's either a codeblock to get the list items close, or one line per paragraph that takes up lots of vertical room.
    - bamboozled 7y ago
      Yeah, next time I’ll just hang My jacket over it.
  - Aeolun 7y ago
    I haven’t seen it have any effect on what is playing. Maybe I should look more grumpy until it’s actually showing me interesting advertisments.
    - bamboozled 7y ago
      I didn’t expect for a minute it would actually work in real-time. Maybe they record the footage and have humans analyse it and try make more engaging commercials in the future? It’s Japan and sadly it’s become incredibly outdated technologically. I’m not sure many people realise this. I was shocked at what I saw quite frankly.
ehnto 7y ago
Sorry I don't recall the name, but I was in Sapporo, and the taxi was an odd shape compared to the others. Like a black hatchback with a sliding side door that opened automatically, unlike the Toyota Crowns I normally saw. Similar to this, if not perhaps exactly this: http://hokkaidotaxi.com/category/sapporo-taxi-cab/ http://hokkaidotaxi.com/category/sapporo-taxi-cab/

Do you remember which taxi group that was? I live in Japan and haven’t noticed that yet

by dvcrn 7y ago

Do you remember which taxi group that was? I live in Japan and haven’t noticed that yet

At the very least Nihon Koutsuu (日本交通) [1] does this. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Kotsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Kotsu

bamboozled 7y ago
I also a similar message in a Koutsuu but it was something about "Watching you face to see if you find the content engaging". I guess they think they can keep tailing the information to you until you can't seem to look away? Very creepy.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  I would immediately switch to another cab.
  - ehnto 7y ago
    I must admit, when travelling I sort of accept a lower level of privacy. Other people who probably have location, purchase, or photographic data about my trip All the governments and airports involved of course Star Bucks saw my credit card appear for the first time across HK and Japan, hopefully the last time JR Rail Companies, all of the train stations NaviTime, the transit app company Google would know pretty much everything about my trip, GMaps was very helpful. My Bank would have a bunch of data The 7/11s, Lawsons, FamilyMarts and their payment providers/banks My Bank knows everything I did Instagram probably has more location data than it should SoftBank wifi saw me travel across the continent, there was almost nowhere safe from a SoftBank SSID and I'm sure they keep track. The list likely goes on. It's almost futile, but not quite. I did my best to be cognizant, but unless you become a hermit in the hills I don't think you can avoid it.
    - Armisael16 7y ago
      Please don’t use code blocks for any sort of text other than code. They’re nearly unreadable on mobile.
      - jacquesm 7y ago
        Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. If you want to object to websites that allow codeblocks don't visit those websites, and if you do bring inferior devices to read with then don't complain. HN is one of the most readable websites out there as of today and the degree of bitching about details such as these is infuriating, just look at the ad plastered animated bs you see elsewhere and then realize how trivial this particular gripe is. Rendering is mostly a client side affair, you have all the control you need to make it look any way you want.
      - bmn__ 7y ago
        Please don't blame the commenter. Criticise the people behind HN for introducing this user hostile design and refusing to fix it for many years. You can get an extension/userstyle for your browser so that code blocks will not bother you anymore.
        jacquesm 7y ago
        It's not 'user hostile', at worst it is 'device hostile' and HN has plenty of mobile adapted clones out there. For instance: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidroh.materialistic&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.hidr... And plenty of others. The 'people behind HN' are fewer in number than you would likely guess and are working hard to keep the community on the rails, on top of being responsible for the development. It is not as though they are drowning in capacity.
      - ehnto 7y ago
        Of the options available, I thought this was the most reasonable. The markup available doesn't make it particularly easy to do lists on HN. It's either a codeblock to get the list items close, or one line per paragraph that takes up lots of vertical room.
  - bamboozled 7y ago
    Yeah, next time I’ll just hang My jacket over it.
- Aeolun 7y ago
  I haven’t seen it have any effect on what is playing. Maybe I should look more grumpy until it’s actually showing me interesting advertisments.
  - bamboozled 7y ago
    I didn’t expect for a minute it would actually work in real-time. Maybe they record the footage and have humans analyse it and try make more engaging commercials in the future? It’s Japan and sadly it’s become incredibly outdated technologically. I’m not sure many people realise this. I was shocked at what I saw quite frankly.

ehnto 7y ago

Sorry I don't recall the name, but I was in Sapporo, and the taxi was an odd shape compared to the others. Like a black hatchback with a sliding side door that opened automatically, unlike the Toyota Crowns I normally saw. Similar to this, if not perhaps exactly this: http://hokkaidotaxi.com/category/sapporo-taxi-cab/ http://hokkaidotaxi.com/category/sapporo-taxi-cab/