{"id":179400,"date":"2018-02-21T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2018\/02\/21\/file-under-dystopian\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:19:00","slug":"file-under-dystopian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2018\/02\/21\/file-under-dystopian\/","title":{"rendered":"File Under, &#8220;Dystopian&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>It appears that the car of the future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-20\/the-car-of-the-future-will-sell-your-data\">have all the respect for your privacy that Mark Zuckerberg does<\/a>, so expect hemorrhoid ads on your multi-function display:<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: blue;\">Picture this: You\u2019re driving home from work, contemplating what to make for dinner, and as you idle at a red light near your neighborhood pizzeria, an ad offering $5 off a pepperoni pie pops up on your dashboard screen.<\/p>\n<p>Are you annoyed that your car\u2019s trying to sell you something, or pleasantly persuaded? Telenav Inc., a company developing in-car advertising software, is betting you won\u2019t mind much. Car companies\u2014looking to earn some extra money\u2014hope so, too.<\/p>\n<p>Automakers have been installing wireless connections in vehicles and collecting data for decades. But the sheer volume of software and sensors in new vehicles, combined with artificial intelligence that can sift through data at ever-quickening speeds, means new services and revenue streams are quickly emerging. The big question for automakers now is whether they can profit off all the driver data they\u2019re capable of collecting without alienating consumers or risking backlash from Washington. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarmakers recognize they\u2019re fighting a war over customer data,\u201d said Roger Lanctot, who works with automakers on data monetization as a consultant for Strategy Analytics. \u201cYour driving behavior, location, has monetary value, not unlike your search activity.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I just want an off switch for the car&#8217;s connectivity features, because, in addition to eschewing the aforementioned advertisements, I don&#8217;t want some script kiddie turning off my anti-lock brakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that the car of the future have all the respect for your privacy that Mark Zuckerberg does, so expect hemorrhoid ads on your multi-function display: Picture this: You\u2019re driving home from work, contemplating what to make for dinner, and as you idle at a red light near your neighborhood pizzeria, an ad offering &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[542,364,366,382],"class_list":["post-179400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-automobile","tag-evil","tag-privacy","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}