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An unreleased version of a Waymo privacy policy found by Jane Manchun Wong says it may use interior camera data to train AI models and sell ads. (programming.dev)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Waymo is working on Generative AI training using “interior camera data associated with rider’s identity,” provides opt-opts for this and data sharing under CCPA

Waymo explicitly states in this unreleased Privacy page it may share your data for personalized ads

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And some people still think Bill Hicks was exaggerating.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

I wasn’t.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The URL you shared has an unnecessary user tracker in it and can be shortened to https://www.threads.net/@wongmjane/post/DIFF_P3B9u2

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Thank you, I fixed it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/06/cars-collect-extensive-personal-data-on-drivers-study-warns

Its worse than they think. They're even recording you having sex.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When I bought my Hyundai they pushed fucking hard to sign up for their Blue link product. Free for life! Look, map updates! You can personalize your driver profile pic! Want to remote start your car over the Internet?

Luckily, my VIN wasn't working for registration (I guess it hadn't quite gone through fast enough that the car was purchased). I've gone two months without BlueLink and I'm hoping that's saving me from some of the info gathering (or at least it's not directly linked to me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Free for life? Here is always been free for only the first few years of ownership and then you pay, plus the system is fucking terrible and doesn't work half the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, evidently they really, really want you to sign up. They upped the period from the first three years to as long as you own the car (it doesn't transfer to a new owner if you sell it).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The sad part is there's almost certainly demand for an app that would let you remote start your car and use other built-in features without the associated tracking, but unfortunately the only way a 3rd party app can do it without installing an expensive 2 way alarm system or similar device, is by using the manufacturer's APIs, which means the car has to be connected to the manufacturer :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What other reason would tech billionaires and CEOs care to spy on you? They bought everything else, they have a privacy fetish obviously.

And the engineers who work there too.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Say "McDonald's!" to continue ride

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Drink verification can

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Nothing but end-times news these past couple of weeks.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I remember when ads were considered a bad way to create a business model for a website. Now everyone just tries to stuff more ads into everything like they were doing with cheese in pizzas in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, Waymo was one of the more exciting things I was looking forward to, but I guess I should have waited for the other shoe to drop. Disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Owned by Google. Unfortunately it was never going to be without data collection.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

They're making a strong argument for opt-in-only regulations stacked on top of ToS simplicity regulations.

May have to wait until after the revolution, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Nope!!!!!!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Don't know why they need that when they already have your Google account

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why does this change anything if it's an unreleased policy? Doesn't that imply they dont use the collected data to train ai if their current policy doesn't include this? I'm not defending anything I'm just wondering why everyone here is ready to take a screen shot of an "unreleased" document as valid proof a company is doing devious shit instead of the possibility it might be that they went a different direction. I mean I know it's owned by Google so this is prolly not a good scenario to argue but I'm just saying this seems like such a seedy source for every comment in her to be like yeah fuck them.

Edit: lol I 100% admit this sounds like a total shill comment so obligatory fuck Google to assure anyone I'm not defending Google or waymo just wondering why everyone seems to accept this source.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I had the exact same reaction. Like who cares about an unreleased version of a document. if this was a version they released than yeah ok. But it's not, so why do we care at all? Do people live in a fantasy land where you suppose employees wouldn't think about collecting this kind of info. It probably went through a review and was thrown out. I can't wait for them to leak the drafts of these policies in the future, can you imagine all the spelling errors!!