One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down - eviltoast
  • Davel23@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    More likely they’re looking to exploit it directly, rather than sell it to a third party.

    • bamboo@lemm.eeOP
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      5 months ago

      I assume the primary market for this is insurance companies who salivate at any data they can use to justify a rate hike. Secondarily advertisers, but they probably wouldn’t pay nearly as much since they have all sorts of data sources to pick from.