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People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are (gizmodo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 58 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So San Francisco just invented the webcam? (Btw, Google Maps already shows how busy establishments are.)

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Doesn’t Google Maps show trends instead of live numbers?

Edit: I used “numbers” because I wasn’t sure how to end my question. Stats? Values?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It has both.

It also doesn't have numbers, it has unlabeled columns.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It wouldn't surprise me if the way it determines how busy places are would be considered a bigger privacy violation than these webcams (which only show people in their areas while Google somehow can report on how busy many arbitrary locations are vs their usual).

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

"Busy", "More busy than usual",... Not absolute numbers.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Depends on the area (maybe), but I think it can do either.