Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their contact-tracing system

Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by taywrobel on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:10PM (#23075640)

During a training, demonstrating how to do geo searches on license plate data from ALPRs, a detective insisted we look up their car.

The hits were all more or less expected, a bunch around their home and the precinct, local supermarkets, etc. But then a weird grouping way out of town. Detective insisted it was a mistake and wanted more data, thinking someone stole his license plate (insert eye roll here).

Anyways, zooming in and looking at the highest density of hits, it ended up being a strip club that he frequented. He got bright red and his buddies didn't stop giving him shit for it all day.

And this was a detective, not a beat officer.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by dave5104 on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:28PM (#23076174)

This right here is a great argument for why "helping them use [the data they already have] more effectively" (as you've said) is probably not as great a mission as you're making it out to be.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by taywrobel on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:05AM (#23076370)

I mean, I left?

I’m not saying it’s perfect, but scapegoating the company is avoiding the real issue, which is the government policies or the enactment thereof.

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