silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoIs 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down16cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squareDelta_V@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoThere’s an app installed on your phone and a separate bluetooth device you keep in your car. By default, it assumes you’re the driver of your car, but you can use the app to claim someone else was driving your car during a particular trip. If you’re in someone else’s car, the app assumes you’re not driving because the bluetooth device in your car isn’t nearby.
There’s an app installed on your phone and a separate bluetooth device you keep in your car.
By default, it assumes you’re the driver of your car, but you can use the app to claim someone else was driving your car during a particular trip.
If you’re in someone else’s car, the app assumes you’re not driving because the bluetooth device in your car isn’t nearby.