Great post, too bad I fell asleep reading the patent's information lol #foodcoma
I really couldn't understand how this would be possible. The quickest things I would be worried is if it was recording based off your location it could pretty accurately guess how long you were at a bar because it's recording your location all times? Track how many different bars you hit that night. Most of the patent seems to start tracking after you first request the service.
So if it only starts doing the detection after you request service, just by the speed of your movement or maybe the level of sway detected by the phone's accelerometer. Then ok? I'll just order and leave on a flat surface so that it won't be stopping me from getting home safely.
Seems like a good attempt to help out the drivers not looking for crazies but still seems hard to pull off accurately without discriminating against the very people the company was trying to make business off in the first place (I understand that it's not the only reason - but it is a giant helpful option to have a safe ride home without breaking the bank)
Really, the article isn't even that clear on that much.
It's not clear if this is something that the app is reporting to the driver, or something that's part of the camera software....
There's also the issue of people with, for example, Parkinsons, where they will have difficulty with movement that could be taken as inebriation.
It seems by being vague, they can test the waters as to how people would receive the idea.
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Yeah great point, personally I already assume the worse as far as how much information is accessible to them. What they do with it is where we really don't know. I know you can find just about anything on the dark web ;)
Even in other circles there's probably more of our information being sold depending on what companies/gov projects need. Just look at what's happened to Facebook - there are some employees that left after realizing they created a monster of algorithms through the use of our divulged information..
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