But when MS pulls this invasive bullshit it makes people afraid that my 911 software is doing the same thing.
How’s that?
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TipRing@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
This shit makes my job harder. I am required by law to provide a PSAP with the location data of any 911 caller (within a pretty tight radius). I have to use software in concert with softphones which requires the user enter their location when logging in the phone on their computer, just in case it is used to dial 911. This isn’t optional, we could face serious legal penalties if a user dials 911 and the response is delayed because the responders go to the wrong place.
My stuff is only used for 911. We don’t keep track. Really. There’s not even a mechanism to do that.
But when MS pulls this invasive bullshit it makes people afraid that my 911 software is doing the same thing. It makes them lie on the form or refuse to put anything in it. It makes them less safe and it makes my life difficult trying to convince them that the software we are using really is just for safety and that nobody, not even me, has access to it.
dukemirage@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
TipRing@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Because if middle managers even in other companies are tracking people’s locations then people are more likely to think that my software that asks for their location will be used to track them even though it doesn’t.
Archer@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Not yet. Private equity is probably eyeing new data sources to snap up all the time
paraphrand@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
That sounds like such a drain.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 15 hours ago
It doesn’t help that pretty much every single thing that has ever been done in the name of “safety” in America has eventually been used to rip us off or harm us in some way, and that isn’t even counting the fake shit that was a fraud from the get-go (like the patriot act and the like).