Re:Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:38AM
(#19971138)
> Why not have that data go someplace it could do real good in informing better safety systems, better traffic management and so on.
Sure, why not? The issue isn't about the data going there (it's not going there anyway), it's about who can tell where the data can go. That's the definition of ownership. Data generated by my car should be owned by me, I should be able to give them to the public if I so choose. But more importantly, I want to be able to easily access this data.
As others say, this is not extreme, it's common sense.
Tangential: what irks me about data ownership discussions is that they tend to divide people into three classes: the government, the business, and the unwashed masses, i.e. consumers. I'm a member of the fourth group - technically sophisticated enough to do better job with the data than your average businesses, but not interested in building products - just DYI one-off solutions for myself. There's plenty of people in this class, but it's always pushed aside as a "small minority".
Sure, why not? The issue isn't about the data going there (it's not going there anyway), it's about who can tell where the data can go. That's the definition of ownership. Data generated by my car should be owned by me, I should be able to give them to the public if I so choose. But more importantly, I want to be able to easily access this data.
As others say, this is not extreme, it's common sense.
Tangential: what irks me about data ownership discussions is that they tend to divide people into three classes: the government, the business, and the unwashed masses, i.e. consumers. I'm a member of the fourth group - technically sophisticated enough to do better job with the data than your average businesses, but not interested in building products - just DYI one-off solutions for myself. There's plenty of people in this class, but it's always pushed aside as a "small minority".