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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by jolmg on Monday April 29, 2019 @01:28PM (#19780485)
Well, I doubt they'll reject clients based on the use they intend to give to their product, but I can't really fault them for that. It seems like a legitimate business. Hardly unethical.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by gbrown on Monday April 29, 2019 @02:57PM (#19781471)
Perhaps we could imagine better privacy laws. The fact that something is legal, and a legitimate business, doesn't mean that it's good or should be allowed.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by chrismeller on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:37AM (#19787769)
Most (all?) of their examples in the FAQ are related to corporate drivers, not individuals. Something like Uber would be a bit of a gray area since you use your own vehicle, but all the others are more like DHL and FedEx, where you're driving a company-provided vehicle and there should be no expectation of privacy in regards to how you operate that vehicle.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by gbrown on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:43AM (#19796896)
Those are the examples given, but that wouldn't explain the huge numbers claimed elsewhere - nearly a quarter of phones in the US. Pardon me for not assuming that a data gathering corporation has my best interests at heart.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by mixmastamyk on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:46PM (#19785001)
Without explicit permission given.
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Re:Insurers Know How Often American Drivers Touch Their Phones by dillonmckay on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:43PM (#19784990)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

This was legit, too.

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