Ford patents in-car system that eavesdrops so it can play you ads
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#2Louis rossmann video talking about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5euh13nd10g
Had a decision earlier this year to buy a Tesla vs a dumber car. 2019 Silverado I think has the best middle ground on terms of "smart" tech that is still easy to repair and doesn't sell my info to insurance companies.
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#3From the article:
> there’s a recognition that an occupant’s “natural inclination to seek minimal or no ads” should be balanced with “maximum opportunity for ad-based monetization.”
Or, you know, you just don't try to monetize every fucking second your users interact with your (expensive, paid-for) product.
Every day we get just a little closer to the future Philip K Dick promised us in Ubik: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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#4> It could also identify your voice and recognize you and your ad preferences, and those of your passengers.
This must be a quote from Ford right? Here's a hint Ford, you don't need voice recognition for that because the ad preference of everyone in the car is always that you don't push ads at us.
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#5I always feel weirdly conflicted about people patenting things that I’d rather nobody use at all.
There was a “clever” CSS trick a coworker did to take a simple task and make it into a daredevil stunt. Just baffling that someone would want to do it that way. I guess someone thought it was novel because they talked about patenting it. My response was, “by all means please do. I never want to see this again in the next 19 years.”
They interpreted that as criticism and decided not to pursue it. I’m not sure how they saw through my subterfuge. It’s a mystery.
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#6The title is false and the article is click bait fake outrage spam.
This is a published application for a patent. It has not been granted.
The success rate for patent applications is surprisingly low.
This will likely never be granted, or granted after many limitations* have been added by Ford.
Last, just because Ford is trying to patent something does not mean they will ever actually implement that IRL.
* "Limitation" has a specific meaning in patent law.
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#7I thought it'd be Waymo first:
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#8I guess one good thing about this patent is it may prevent other automakers from implementing such systems.
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#9The title is false and the article is click bait fake outrage spam. This is a published application for a patent. It has not been granted. The success rate for patent applications is surprisingly low. This will likely never be granted, or granted after many limitations* have been added by Ford. Last, just because Ford is trying to patent something does not mean they will ever actually implement that IRL. * "Limitatio…
What does the patent being granted have to do with anything? At all? Whether Ford is granted or not granted the patent is irrelevant in this conversation, the fact it attempted to patent it is the issue. What the patent office does has no relevance here at all. None. Nada.
And every company that even thinks like this should be publicly lambasted, raked over the coals, and shunned!
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#10I only listen to ad free radio while driving. The thought that the tranquility of Radio 3 would be interrupted by an advert disgusts me. I would never buy a car that had this, no matter how smart it was.