bamboo@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoOne of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting downarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down13 cross-posted to: internetofshitprivacy@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkOne of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting downarstechnica.combamboo@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square10fedilink cross-posted to: internetofshitprivacy@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squareDavel23@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 months agoMore likely they’re looking to exploit it directly, rather than sell it to a third party.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 months agoI assume the primary market for this is insurance companies who salivate at any data they can use to justify a rate hike. Secondarily advertisers, but they probably wouldn’t pay nearly as much since they have all sorts of data sources to pick from.
More likely they’re looking to exploit it directly, rather than sell it to a third party.
I assume the primary market for this is insurance companies who salivate at any data they can use to justify a rate hike. Secondarily advertisers, but they probably wouldn’t pay nearly as much since they have all sorts of data sources to pick from.