"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals." - C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
What could possibly go wrong! Just install this app provided by the government that will track your location and biometrics so that they can make the are safer for bikers.. Right, they won't use that data for anything else or sell it for profit. Like usual they say it will be "anonymous". Yeah, how may times have we seen researchers de-anonymize data relatively easily?
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From the post: "The City of Denver has launched a new pilot program to collect data from smart watches in order to identify locations causing cyclists high amounts of discomfort and stress.
The app, called MPATH, will allow cyclists to opt in and submit heart rate data collected from their rides, which will be anonymously compiled by the city. The findings from the pilot study will inform future infrastructure projects, a city spokesperson said."
What could possibly go wrong! Just install this app provided by the government that will track your location and biometrics so that they can make the are safer for bikers.. Right, they won't use that data for anything else or sell it for profit. Like usual they say it will be "anonymous". Yeah, how may times have we seen researchers de-anonymize data relatively easily?
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From the post:
"The City of Denver has launched a new pilot program to collect data from smart watches in order to identify locations causing cyclists high amounts of discomfort and stress.
The app, called MPATH, will allow cyclists to opt in and submit heart rate data collected from their rides, which will be anonymously compiled by the city. The findings from the pilot study will inform future infrastructure projects, a city spokesperson said."
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals." - C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
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