Sie unterhielt sich mit Freunden in einem Lyft. Dann hat ihr jemand eine SMS geschrieben, was sie sagten
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lyft-conversation-transcribed-1.7508106
Sie unterhielt sich mit Freunden in einem Lyft. Dann hat ihr jemand eine SMS geschrieben, was sie sagten
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lyft-conversation-transcribed-1.7508106
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It looks like Lyft is recording conversations that happens in their cars now. Welcome to a future where everything you say is recorded so you can receive ads based on what you said.
Too be fair, Lyft said they are testing conversation recording in some cities but it’s for security purposes, not advertising. They also blamed this driver for this incident and said it’s not part of the program they are testing.
How long before conversation recording for „security“ becomes recording for advertising?
Are people still surprised that phones are spying on us? Because they are, all the time, even if you don’t personally have one. The batman movie wasn’t so far off.
They make faraday bags for phones. I can actually see a future where people don’t carry around phones everywhere like there’s a growing trend of offline devices that do music take photos etc… but are not phones.
I have been in plenty of Ubers/Lyfts/Taxis that have security cameras in them. So I’m not sure how an audio recording is any different to that. The fact that they sent a transcript to her feels creepy.
And there definitely should be a notice in the car saying that you are being recorded.
A simple explanation could be: driver has his the „message rider“ feature open in his app, and somehow hit the voice to text button. While they are driving along, it’s transcribing the conversation and the driver doesn’t notice. When she got out of the car, he tried to end the ride and inadvertently hit send, which sends a SMS through a masked number. This would explain why when she called the number it said “your driver is not available”.
I tell my children this all the time: If you have a smartphone turned on, assume that what you’re saying is being recorded.
A few years ago, I was talking to a client on Skype. We were looking at various news web sites.
I get along with this client so, somehow, we were cracking jokes about AmWay.
Two screen refreshes later, I’m looking at an Amway ad. I point this out to Randall who says, „No way.“ Then he goes to a different website and, boom, AmWay ad.
I stopped using Skype after that. Not that other video chat services are much better about privacy, but at least they’re more discreet.
i watched the last three holes of the masters today i wake up and my reddit is filled with golf stuff…if youre listening fuck all of you
I’m not sure why this is a story. This is an actual feature Uber offers that’s right there in plain text in the security settings. Lyft offering it too shouldn’t be a surprise.