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NaughtyShiba | 3 years ago

It’s probably easy (in terms scale of all that detection) to fix, and for what it’s worth, this feature can definitely be a lifesaver.

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fasthands9|3 years ago

I am very curious if they did assessment of other situations which could trigger similar sensor reactions that they had to rule out. Theme parks could actually be geofenced off without not that much work - there are under 1000 roller coasters in the US.

Did they have to consider people dropping phones out of car windows (or off a boat ?) What about ski crashes or skateboard crashes?

bpeebles|3 years ago

There are traveling carnivals to things like state/county fairs, as well as just big empty parking lots of malls/etc for a few weeks, with significant g-force rides. So well over a thousand locations in the US.

mdaniel|3 years ago

> Theme parks could actually be geofenced off without not that much work - there are under 1000 roller coasters in the US.

I'm cognizant of the 80/20 rule, and "perfect is the enemy of good," but if a run-of-the-mill coaster is setting off that detection, then I'd wager the traveling fair rides will be even more violent, based on my experiences growing up

I have no idea where this falls on the privacy spectrum, but I'd guess if there are 5 or 10 triggering events within some timespan and some geo boundary, that's an indicator of a themepark-ish setup

Clicking "report false positive" on the phone would also likely go a long way

NaughtyShiba|3 years ago

Hard to answer. However it’s also probably hard to come up with all the edge cases.

postalrat|3 years ago

It could also be a life-taker when it calls 911 and takes resources that could have been used for saving a life.

P5fRxh5kUvp2th|3 years ago

yep.

It's the hubris of tech people to think everything can be solved (or made better) with technology.

jeffreygoesto|3 years ago

It isn't. They hit the ROC like every other classifier on the tails.