Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a public utility

Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by elliekelly on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:07PM (#27441631)

A change in your usage pattern could be used to ID any number of private things that could then be used against you:

- When you’ve gone on vacation and your home is unattended.

- When you have an additional tenant, a long-term houseguest, have a new significant other or even have a baby.

- Whether or not you’re actually working when you’re working from home.

- Homes that use greater than X amount of electricity are at greater risk of Y and so your home owners/rental/car insurance premium goes up.

- People who play computer/video games late at night are at higher risk for health issues is your health insurance premium goes up.

And I bet there are other, much more subtle things they could figure out once given the opportunity to vacuum up your data: like estimate what temperature you set your AC to and determine whether or not someone in the house was awake at any given moment of any given day.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:22PM (#27441825)

I am not sure why I ( or you for that matter ) am forced to defend my stance on privacy by listing things I want to stay private. The objection is that I do not want to have my every move monitored with ever-increasing accuracy.

This seems to be an annoying issue. Any serious proponent of privacy is already taking steps to hold on its vestiges, which include not taking a public stance on it.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by aaron-santos on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:33PM (#27441961)

These are all really good reasons to be against mobile device tracking and electronic telemetry too.

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