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People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are (gizmodo.com)
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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 280 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I like being able to check how busy a place is, but not like this. Simple head count or an average wait time is good. Using web cams is creepy overkill. Typical tech bro invasive shit.

[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Google Maps already provides this, and it's pretty handy.

[–] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe they do this the same way they do traffic jams, by seeing how many android phones are at the location vs. average.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

iPhones will report it too if they have Maps open.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

/stares in smart glasses