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Yay. Underpaid freelance workers are now part of the surveillance state (lemmy.nz)

submitted 21 hours ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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News article https://cybernews.com/news/flock-uber-lyft-vehicles-surveillance/

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[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

what fucking dashcams connect to the internet? and why would someone want to pay for a dataplan for it?

[–] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours 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.