The city says all phone data is scrambled and no identifying information is involved, but you can't opt out of the tracking program.
The city says all phone data is scrambled and no identifying information is involved, but you can't opt out of the tracking program.Tracking people's Bluetooth devices helps the city monitor traffic, according to the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure.Anyone who’s been served up Instagram ads for something they were just talking about knows that phones are tracking our every move — and across some of Denver’s streets, the government is doing the same.
At a February 20 Denver City Council meeting, councilmembers Flor Alvidrez and Shontel Lewis asked about privacy before voting on a $1.2 million state grant extending the program. “It's completely scrambled on ,” Williams reiterated during the meeting. “There's no way we could tell who that was. Even if that data was subpoenaed, all we could provide would be that scrambled data that you really couldn't track to anyone.”Lewis was satisfied with DOTI’s answers but still hesitates to fully vouch for the privacy of the program. She has concerns about whether data can truly be secure in any case.
“As you can imagine, Denver is only really interested in what's happening in Denver, in terms of doing their job, but things that happen just outside of Denver are going to impact them,” he says. “So being aware of what's happening out there is going to be a benefit to them.”
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