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Re:Show HN: Grassland – Real-Life SimCity by chris1993 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:59PM (#19533246)
Yes, but you don't know your stalker exists until you are attacked and perhaps they just don't care if their routine is known. Consider that your stalker/attacker may enjoy the power of forcing you to monitor them back. So now we have a new avenue for trolling.

The system as described empowers the obsessive aggressor far more than improving the lives of people who don't care to focus on the minutiae of the lives of others.

Re:Show HN: Grassland – Real-Life SimCity by netsharc on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:12AM (#19534607)
To join the hypothetical, I'd imagine you can deploy AI/ML to try to avoid your stalker(s). Google Assistant already tells you when to leave for work and which route to take, imagine having it vary the time and the route to avoid stalkers it has noticed from the data it gathered.

But then the stalkers would also have the same system to try to figure out what your digital bodyguard recommended to you.

Re:Show HN: Grassland – Real-Life SimCity by arisAlexis on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:38AM (#19542322)
that's a cool side project "ninja steam" where you randomize Google Assistant routes to cover up your tracks :D
Re:Show HN: Grassland – Real-Life SimCity by david_at on Thursday April 04, 2019 @11:31AM (#19573483)
You guys don't really see the big picture here. You're hung up on minutiae. And it doesn't matter. Because there are other people who'll read this. People who understand how seemingly useless data can tell you so much. Data the human body and other physical objects "stream" every time they move. Data that pops into existence and is gone in an instant, so no one cares about it. They "get" it ;)