She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said

Post by smitty1e » Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 11:32 PM UTC

HPsquared wrote: post #15

davweb wrote: post #10

It's easy to accidentally hit the microphone button that appears for any text field in almost all smartphone apps. The phone then transcribes any speech it hears and enters it into the field. I've done this. It's not hard to imagine a scenario where the driver had the message passenger view open in the Lyft app and accidentally recorded the conversation this way. This probably happens a lot but this time the driver a…

That actually makes perfect sense. It's a reminder that we are all now surrounded by microphones that may or may not be recording.

Post by chgs » Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 11:43 PM UTC

fooqux wrote: post #61

chgs wrote: post #26

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Either “vote with your wallet” , which large companies love as it gives them the power (they have a bigger wallet), or vote with your vote and elect representatives which stop this.

> or vote with your vote and elect representatives which stop this. And when all the choices of representative have already been bought and paid for with the lobbying power of that larger wallet? This topic is especially nefarious as it's not just Lyft a representative has to worry about. Every company out there craves data; if not for direct usage, then for resale. Someone campaigning for privacy / data reform would…