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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

Well this is new.

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Likely do to gps spoofing is my guess.

[-] tezoatlipoca@mas.to 10 points 3 days ago

@Entertainmeonly what on _earth_ does the Presto app need to know one's location for? you boop the turnstile do you not?

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Because they can, and you can't stop them. Just like every other data sink.

It was just a guess. Hi, I'm an idiot. You should internalize everything i post. Without exception.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is also my assumption. They are probably getting rider telemetry from the app. But I guess that would be a huge privacy issue...

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