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Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you can't afford insurance, you really can't afford to get in an accident.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

It's also illegal in most jurisdictions. My point isn't that anyone should drive without insurance, but that allowing insurance companies to offer discounts for accepting spying will lead to the spying being effectively mandatory for most people.