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> how do you distinguish 'telemetry' from 'surveillance'? Granularity. Telemetry data can be privacy-respecting (e.g. anonymously aggregated) while still being
by brianguertin 5y ago
> how do you distinguish 'telemetry' from 'surveillance'?
Granularity. Telemetry data can be privacy-respecting (e.g. anonymously aggregated) while still being useful.
E.g. "143 people flew from NYC to LA this month" vs. "John Smith flew from NYC to LA at 2:00 pm on Tuesday."
- shrimp_emoji 5y agoDo you want to be surveilled? We promise it's anonymized.
- NullPrefix 5y agoWould you mind setting up a 24/7 stream of your bedroom? I don't know you, so technically it's anonymized.
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- Hidios 5y agoThat is true for people with the same level of access as you. The 3 letter agencies have access to much wider array of data and yours can and will be used to track people of interest and those who they deem problematic.
- kuschku 5y agoAn example, measuring traffic flow in a city. You can do it with cameras and ID plate detection tools, which allows tracking where anyone is at any time. You can also put magnetic loops into the roads, which just tells you how many drive over a certain area of the road, without any individualized tracking. Good telemetry is like the magnetic loops. But nowadays very few implementations are that privacy respecting
- tomohawk 5y agoBetter surveillance: put RFID readers in the road that track the RFID tags in the tires. Then ping that against the database of who bought what tires. People won't known what hit them.