Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor
This is like offering a discount on car insurance if you consent to having a GPS tracker installed.[1]<p>It's voluntary for now, but the industry is hoping people get used to it so it can be made effectively[2] mandatory.<p>And because people seem caught in race to the bottom competition to give up the most privacy they can, stuff like this may regrettably catch on.<p>[1]<a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/01/14/scenario-auto-insurance-discounts-and-monitoring/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/01/14/scenario-auto-insuranc...</a><p>[2] Effectively mandatory meaning that insurance without a tracker will be like 10x the price.