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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by runnerup on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:04PM (#31588743)
Houston tracks every car on the major highways by their built in Bluetooth interfaces. Even if you do t have a Bluetooth phone, the car has Bluetooth and will give up its ID to large antennas on the light posts along the highway.
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by alx__ on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @07:35PM (#31589503)
Jokes on you! The Bluetooth in my car has stopped working and the dealer wants 3000 to replace it :(
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by throwaway742 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:51PM (#31590033)
Laughs in 1992 Honda Civic with aux cable.
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by pnutjam on Thursday June 02, 2022 @08:57AM (#31594249)
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by chinathrow on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:31AM (#31592396)
Why is that tracking even a thing?
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by tpxl on Thursday June 02, 2022 @06:07AM (#31593176)
There are plenty of very good reasons to track vehicle locations (ex. new road planning, maintenance). Problem is, there are plenty more, more profitable, reasons to do so (ex. invading your privacy to sell you ads).
Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by daniel-cussen on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:49PM (#31589141)
License plates also. It's not new.

I think it's fine, if you're going that fast, you can't be anonymous. Airplanes aren't, missiles sure as shit aren't, the whole atmosphere is under surveillance for anything larger than a baseball.

Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by dghlsakjg on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:49PM (#31590715)
I fly a light sport plane (Canadian Ultralight which is not the same as a US ultralight) in airspace controlled by the military over an airbase. It is frankly astounding how often they lose me on radar coverage while in their airspace. I have a Mode C transponder blasting my data out to them as well.

The capabilities that the military/government pretend to have are VERY different than the capabilities they actually have.

Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by runnerup on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @06:54PM (#31589188)
Being able to track passengers is a bit new