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I could imagine a woman prone to being harassed being put off by this technology. My wife flies for business and (occasionally) gets hit on by strange men. Not
by yojo 4y ago
I could imagine a woman prone to being harassed being put off by this technology.
My wife flies for business and (occasionally) gets hit on by strange men. Not all the time, and usually not very icky, but there’s been at least one that veered into creepy territory.
If I were her, I would be unhappy about a weirdo being able to covertly snag her name and destination and using it disingenuously - e.g. pretend to be an old acquaintance that you must have forgot.
- Ansil849 4y agoThis seems unrealistic. Especially because, as I pointed out in another comment, there are tons of other far easier ways for someone to get someone's first name at the airport. I think perhaps people are misunderstanding how this tech works: you need to be standing in specific coordinates for the information to be visible to you.
- yojo 4y agoI was replying to the parent, who asked why someone might be sensitive about these data points. I don’t claim to know the fidelity of the targeting. If someone is walking behind you in the same line and can see the data, I can see feeling concerned. If it’s truly being beamed right to your eyeballs, not an issue.
- googlryas 4y agoA harasser would just follow her to the gate...and then what? Try to board the plane they don't have a ticket for?
- yojo 4y agoMore likely hit on her in a creepy fashion at a restaurant near the gate. That seems to be where it usually happens.
- goldenkey 4y agoAre we really going to stop progress in the name of your wife? She can just opt out of the feature. Perhaps she should opt in to a burka or a covid mask.
- yojo 4y agoI think you’ve taken this to an extreme that I didn’t. I’m explaining why women traveling alone might not want strange men to know their name and destination. But if you want to debate the merits: It’s unclear to me that this particular technology constitutes progress in a meaningful way. Show me my flight info on my smart glasses, or play me a recording of my gate info over my earbuds. I’m not interested in some janky billboard I have to stand in front of to get a tiny bit of information that is in no way hard to find. I certainly don’t believe the benefits of this tech justify any level of privacy loss. Again, if targeting is sufficiently good, maybe this is a non issue. Generally I lean toward the view that the right amount of privacy to trade for technology is “none.” But I’m willing to make exceptions for particularly useful innovation.
- goldenkey 4y agoFair enough, I do think it's kind of cool if there's no loss of privacy and it's a direct beam-to-eyeballs. But there isn't much about the actual tech provided.