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"Using a large panel of anonymized cellphone location data" Some completely normal and academically ethical practices right here.

Blake_Emigro 7y ago
This is exactly how Google maps knows traffic conditions.
- CriticalCathed 7y ago
  It's not exactly the same. You're using a google product while they harvest your data, which is different than a company or researcher buying that data from a broker. Though I suppose Google could also be buying information separately.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  And Google provides histograms of how busy a store is at each hour of the day. Of course, the least busy hours are always my work hours.
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- seemslegit 7y ago
  Is there an on-by-default "use my location data to push dubious pro-corporate agenda under the guise of academic research" checkbox in google maps ?
0x1221 7y ago
It's surprising how many companies out there are selling similar datasets.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Who else did you have in mind?
Mathnerd314 7y ago
Safegraph, for anyone interested. https://www.safegraph.com/privacy-policy https://www.safegraph.com/privacy-policy > To avoid having your device’s mobile advertising identifiers (and location data associated with it) used for our services, [...] iOS mobile devices, Settings -> Privacy -> Advertising -> Limit Ad Tracking: On [...] For Android mobile devices: Google Settings -> Ads -> Opt Out of Interest-Based Ads or Ads Personalization
- martinpw 7y ago
  More complete path (for Android 10 at least): Google Settings -> Privacy -> Advanced -> Ads -> Opt out of Ads Personalization
avalys 7y ago
What’s unethical about it?
- seemslegit 7y ago
  The fact that the people whose location is in this data set almost certainly never gave their informed consent for it to be used this way, much less fused with other information about them such as race, income etc.

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"Using a large panel of anonymized cellphone location data" Some completely normal and academically ethical practices right here.

by seemslegit 7y ago

Blake_Emigro 7y ago
This is exactly how Google maps knows traffic conditions.
- CriticalCathed 7y ago
  It's not exactly the same. You're using a google product while they harvest your data, which is different than a company or researcher buying that data from a broker. Though I suppose Google could also be buying information separately.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  And Google provides histograms of how busy a store is at each hour of the day. Of course, the least busy hours are always my work hours.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
- seemslegit 7y ago
  Is there an on-by-default "use my location data to push dubious pro-corporate agenda under the guise of academic research" checkbox in google maps ?
0x1221 7y ago
It's surprising how many companies out there are selling similar datasets.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  Who else did you have in mind?
Mathnerd314 7y ago
Safegraph, for anyone interested. https://www.safegraph.com/privacy-policy https://www.safegraph.com/privacy-policy > To avoid having your device’s mobile advertising identifiers (and location data associated with it) used for our services, [...] iOS mobile devices, Settings -> Privacy -> Advertising -> Limit Ad Tracking: On [...] For Android mobile devices: Google Settings -> Ads -> Opt Out of Interest-Based Ads or Ads Personalization
- martinpw 7y ago
  More complete path (for Android 10 at least): Google Settings -> Privacy -> Advanced -> Ads -> Opt out of Ads Personalization
avalys 7y ago
What’s unethical about it?
- seemslegit 7y ago
  The fact that the people whose location is in this data set almost certainly never gave their informed consent for it to be used this way, much less fused with other information about them such as race, income etc.