Plan B Forum

This is more than a little creepy . . .

ONE NATION, TRACKED

Solution, obviously, is to give up your cell phone(s) and all the conveniences like GPS, Waze, Uber, and everything else we've grown to take for granted.
Who's gonna be first?

-"BB"-

I can’t survive without Waze - but it’s only allowed access to location services when I’m actively using the app.

“You pays your money and you takes your choice.”

But wait, there's more:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

It's you -- not them.

RayThom wrote:“You pays your money and you takes your choice.”

But wait, there's more:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

It's you -- not them.

I’m not sure that’s fair. How many people reasonably expect that their GPS location data will be saved by some corporate entity for who knows what nefarious future purpose?

I expect Waze to use my location to help me get where I’m going. Then I expect them to toss my location data upon arrival at my desired destination, and not use it again until I’m using them again. Obviously the fine print must say something else and it certainly has me reevaluating my use of such services and permissions.