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by iinnPP 1051 days ago
The poll is to determine if people understand that their phones are essentially the government.

Both geolocation and sexual proclivities are often considered private.

2 years ago I had access to enough data to stalk any person I chose, anywhere in North America. If they connected to a network of websites (GM/Stellantis/Nissan corp and all their dealer pages, plus most of MBUSA) I could see a profile of them and where they went.

I knew their work schedule, where they worked, where they did lunch, when they were in a meeting and when they were taking the day to go to Canada's Wobderland. This was done with permission of the friend and encouraged by my boss.

The end result was dealerships having a ~90% accurate intent to purchase. Which was used to increase sale prices. We were measuring the success with our partners at a Lexus dealer in Toronto.

* Some brands(of vehicles) have been changed to similar brands to protect myself.

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It's not essentially the government though.

Your example is knowing the location of somebody. That's it. You example isn't about knowing who they're calling, what they're saying, their Wordle high score, their pictures, theirs emails, etc.

I don't doubt you had highly detailed geolocation. Just make that your poll though since that's what you have an example of.