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This seems a bit of an overreaction. If im entering a gas station, I assume Im being recorded. Same should be true for a cab or rideshare.
by pm90 2y ago
This seems a bit of an overreaction. If im entering a gas station, I assume Im being recorded. Same should be true for a cab or rideshare.
- Bairfhionn 2y agoSorry, is this an American thing to just accept that? "It's just like that."
- A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 2y agoWhile 'no expectation of privacy in public spaces' is an American thing, people in general accept any number otherwise awful things as long as they are part of the status quo. I mean, I can go on, but one only has to look at the history of man to look for appropriate examples.
- like_any_other 2y agoThe devshirme and the stasi also used to be part of the status quo. There are plenty of examples going the other way as well.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoHow else can you adjudicate a he said she said scenario?
- righthand 2y agoIt's not he-said-she-said, they sent a txt message to her of her conversation.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoSuppose a driver complains to Lyft about a passenger, or a passenger complaints to Lyft about a driver. Then it would be useful for Lyft to have audio and video of the car ride to substantiate the claims.
- fazeirony 2y agoi'm an american and it is is exactly stuff like this that causes me to avoid using services like this like the plague if i can avoid them. despite living here, privacy to me is important. if i were this woman, i'd not let it go at all - don't give these scumbag companies agency to do what they want with impunity.
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- mouse_ 2y agowhat a nightmare
- ghaff 2y agoRespectfully disagree. I’m not going to hold highly sensitive conversations anywhere that someone could hear. And I assume a lot of presentations people work on in planes are at least somewhat sensitive if the wrong person were to see. But I do assume some modicum of privacy.
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- mirekrusin 2y agoBut there is driver you don't know that hears everything already, no?
- ghaff 2y agoAs I wrote, if it’s something genuinely sensitive I wouldn’t discuss it in a cab or bar or work on a presentation about it in a plane but there’s a difference between a driver overhearing something and being recorded.
- pzo 2y agoIf you are entering a gas station you are only for ~5 min. In a cab you are sometimes for half an hour - If somebody call you during a ride it's weird to tell "sorry I will call you later because I'm in a cab and being recorded honey" I'm not sure if this is in US but at least in EU you are only allowed to record video without audio with security cameras.
- belter 2y ago> EU you are only allowed to record video without audio with security cameras. Audio recording with security cameras is not prohibited everywhere in the EU, it is heavily regulated. Organizations must ensure compliance with GDPR.
- gruez 2y ago>If somebody call you during a ride it's weird to tell "sorry I will call you later because I'm in a cab and being recorded honey" But it's not weird to say "I'm in a bus full of people, and don't want to talk about my hemorrhoids "?
- pjc50 2y agoUK here: cabs and buses now come with little notifications of video recording (not sure whether audio is included, but presumably) for the usual reason, crime prevention. But there's slightly more protection offered by GDPR.
- janice1999 2y agoDo gas stations perform speech to text and associate it with a user profile with your contact and payment information (perfect for advertisers)?