That is not the context of this news.
The context here is recording pertinent information when a person chooses to request emergency law enforcement, medical, and fire services.
The context here is recording pertinent information when a person chooses to request emergency law enforcement, medical, and fire services.
There are a lot of non-obvious ways seemingly-innocent data can harm marginalized groups.
Correct. I'm not asking the private company "RapidSOS" to relay my location to the government. The endless string of leaks makes me distrust companies with data. Every party I depend on having good security is a new party that might screw up, or intentionally misuse the data.
The involuntary risk surface area is already large enough.
If your concern is specifically about the 3rd party getting the data because they're acting as intermediary, I can understand that. I don't agree, but understand.
This is a great feature given 911's notoriously poor ability to locate mobile callers, but let's be real: this shifts the Overton window.