[LINK] Big Data - bad or otherwise

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Jim writes,

> Fine the car, not the driver?
> 
> Perhaps, not as stupid as it sounds...
> 
> - Jim


Yes. In the Philippines, some major intersections have red-light cameras
that record, and recognize, the number plates of red-light transgressors.  

Then when the annual registration fees are paid, these can include fines
if the car has broken the law. Everyone knows this, and it seems to work.

 
> On 16 January 2014 09:43, Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd at iimetro.com.au> 
wrote:
> 
> > On 16/01/2014 2:19 AM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> >
> > > Because of the GPS units installed in Ford vehicles, Ford knows when 
its
> > > drivers are speeding, and where they are, while they’re doing it.
> > >
> > > Farley was trying to describe how much data Ford has on its 
customers,
> > and
> > > illustrate the fact that the company uses very little of it in order 
to
> > > avoid raising privacy concerns: "We know everyone who breaks the law, 
we
> > > know when you’re doing it. We have GPS in your car, so we know what
> > you’re
> > > doing. By the way, we don’t supply that data to anyone," he told
> > attendees.
> >
> > To be pedantic (and correct), Ford knows what the car is doing, they
> > don't know who is driving. It's the same with phone tracking. If there
> > are two people in the car - who is driving and who is on the phone? 
Even
> > it both phones are being used that does not prove (it only suggests)
> > both people are on the phone.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> > brd
> >
> > Bernard Robertson-Dunn
> > Sydney Australia
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