Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by throw5959 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:59PM
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To play devil's advocate, I honestly don't think it's hard to determine that from the data.
Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by weaksauce on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:12PM
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what data? if i let a passenger use my phone to check something while iām driving this will negatively impact me.
Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by throw5959 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:59PM
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The phone usage data. You use a phone very differently when you're driving and when you're a passenger.
Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by ssl-3 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @05:01PM
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Great. Now they're not just analyzing my driving habits, but they are also analyzing my porn habits.
Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by throw5959 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @09:24AM
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Indeed they do. As I said, devil's advocate...
Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by bkberry352 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:08PM
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The apps allow you to mark the trips on which you were a passenger and those aren't counted
Re:Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving be...
by caspper69 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @01:20PM
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This may not be true of all such apps, but I open mine and it subdivides trips by every stop (including stop signs and lights). Then when you don't do it for 3-4 days, you have 50 trips you need to click through.
My time was worth more than the savings they offered. In fact, it was insulting.
I should not have to spend 3 hours per month categorizing my trips for their data mining expedition for a $30 discount (especially not one that evaporated at the next renewal, because I wasn't safe enough). That app was rigged.
Presumably without asking whether they were a passenger at the time. Meaning that people who carpool are penalized by this practice...