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If I remember correctly, Color is eventually planning to passively gather audio information as you walk around in order to better know where you're at and what
by jarin 16y ago
If I remember correctly, Color is eventually planning to passively gather audio information as you walk around in order to better know where you're at and what you're doing. Wouldn't it be funny if it was the app causing this?
- Jgrubb 16y agoAre you serious? That's the creepiest thing I've heard yet. Why would anyone want that?
- greengarstudios 16y agoThey do this already. It allows the phone to detect whether you're in the same place as someone else: if two phones are hearing similar sound, then you're likely to be next to each other. Color shows you photos taken by people near you. Audio is one signal for detecting who's near. Note: GPS sometimes doesn't work indoors, where there's no line of sight to the satellites in the sky. Cell towers and Wi-Fi work, but aren't as precise.
- metageek 16y agoHuh. Depending on what they do with the audio input, that might be illegal in Massachusetts. (Our wiretap law requires all parties to consent, and it applies to any covert audio recording, not just phone conversations.)