Insurance Industry tracking your driving through phone apps
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Not the only app either
And, as they state in the video, if drivers around you slam on brakes so you have to react also, you get "points" toward your insurance driving record, even if no incident occurs. Merely the fact that you had to slam the brakes. I wonder how many points you get for doing donuts in the parking lot?
I would think as soon as someone realized they were being spied on without giving permission, there would be a $1B lawsuit filed.
Now, if youre giving permission when you agree to the fine print user agmt that no one reads... might be tougher to argue.
Just remember, if something is free, then YOU are the product being sold. Even here on CF, your eyeballs are being sold to advertisers...
Now, if youre giving permission when you agree to the fine print user agmt that no one reads... might be tougher to argue.
Just remember, if something is free, then YOU are the product being sold. Even here on CF, your eyeballs are being sold to advertisers...
"Owners often consented to the practices in paperwork signed as part of a car sale, though Subaru’s policy even specifies that passengers consent to data collection just by entering a car."
How in the **** can a passenger consent to something that they never signed and have no way to be aware of it?
How in the **** can a passenger consent to something that they never signed and have no way to be aware of it?
It's often said that if something is free then you are the product. But you are often the product even if you are paying for something.
Before Lasik I would have said they could have my eyeballs
This is nothing new. All of your phone apps are data mining you 24/7. It's a crazy world we live in now. There is no such thing as a "free" app.
Data mining is one thing. Using data mining techniques in this manner is completely different.
Nothing will be done, because the people that could make this illegal want to buy that information too.
Don't worry. AI will make everything better.
Most insurance carriers offer their very own app you can load..... they usually give you a discount for loading it. They will absolutely use your driving data to help determine your rates the next time your policy renews.
That offer is voluntary, and I'm fine with that (even though I reject it)
Meh.
Google/Apple are tracking my every move anyway I might as well get a discount on my car insurance for something that's happening anyway...
Google/Apple are tracking my every move anyway I might as well get a discount on my car insurance for something that's happening anyway...
