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A comment on Tim Cook’s internal email about HKmap. Parent comment

Re:Tim Cook’s internal email about HKmap by aeling on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:58PM (#21217992)
NYPD complained to Waze about warning drivers of police checkpoints [0]. This quote from the article seems as compelling an argument as anything I've seen re: HKMap:

> The Waze website advertises the feature on its website, saying, "Get alerted before you approach police."

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[0]: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/07/us/nypd-tells-google-stop-waz...

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Re:Tim Cook’s internal email about HKmap by gtirloni on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:27PM (#21218287)
I can't find that in the mobile version, at least. It does have an icon if a police officer among many others.

In any case, that for avoiding, not harming police officers so I don't think it's in the same category.

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Re:Tim Cook’s internal email about HKmap by drucik on Thursday October 10, 2019 @04:54PM (#21219065)
It’s a different category of action, but the app comes down to the same. It marks locations, right? Or I suppose moving points. Or am I misunderstanding something?
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Re:Tim Cook’s internal email about HKmap by ablation on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:55AM (#21221663)
It specifically alerts you to police presence a few hundred yards or more before the location. It also flags speed cameras and more.
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