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Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] extremeboredom 114 points 5 months ago (2 children)

LOL I always knew that creepy Life360 shit would come back to bite people in the ass eventually.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 5 months ago

Nah it was biting people long before that, those tracker apps are practically purpose built to enable abusive relationships and family dynamics.

[–] BallShapedMan 6 points 5 months ago

My daughter has been trying to get me to install this for years. My refusal has been vindicated! I kept telling her I don't trust it. And she drives like me and her premiums are nuts even for her age and she's been lucky and has a great driving record.