▲ 1191 ▼ Yay. Underpaid freelance workers are now part of the surveillance state (discuss.online) submitted 2 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments News article https://cybernews.com/news/flock-uber-lyft-vehicles-surveillance/
[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 child) what fucking dashcams connect to the internet? and why would someone want to pay for a dataplan for it? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago Uber certainly would. Just sell the data and make profit. Or realistically, just start scanning for bluetooth and wifi mac addresses, and upload that with GPS, which is what Flock is planning on doing, now you just tie it to a one time scanned license plate. Isn't technology grand? Ugh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago Uber certainly would. Just sell the data and make profit. Or realistically, just start scanning for bluetooth and wifi mac addresses, and upload that with GPS, which is what Flock is planning on doing, now you just tie it to a one time scanned license plate. Isn't technology grand? Ugh. permalink fedilink source parent
