Maher had just been shown Flock's software tracking one car across a two-week window, and the host asked what picture the same search would paint of you. This is his answer. Asked afterwards what Flock knows about him, he said he did not know, and guessed it could count his trips to the grocery store.
He showed me how you can track a particular car over a time period, like say 15 days.
This is what privacy advocates and critics are concerned about. Think of all the places you may have driven over the last two weeks. What kind of picture would be painted of who you are?
You can sort of start to piece together somebody's life, I think. You know, you can tell maybe where they go to work, if they're dropping their kids off at school, who they're associating with, their religious affiliation. All sorts of things can start to be inferred that way.
So, Chris, what do you think Flock knows about you based on where you've been driving recently?
You know, that's such a good question. I don't know. It might know how many times I go to the Giant Eagle grocery store or to the gym. To
the Wawa.