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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Likely do to gps spoofing is my guess.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours 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...

[–] tezoatlipoca@mas.to 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

@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 1 day ago

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

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

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