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Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data

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383 points bookstore-romeo | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dankwizard ◴[21 Nov 24 03:51 UTC] No.42200923[source]▶
We do this at MyFitnessPal.

When users scan their barcode, the preview window is zoomed in so users think its mostly barcode. We actually get quite a bit more background noise typically of a fridge, supermarket aisle, pantry etc. but it is sent across to us, stored, and trained on.

Within the next year we will have a pretty good idea of the average pantry, fridge, supermarket aisle. Who knows what is next

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ryanschaefer ◴[21 Nov 24 03:59 UTC] No.42200951[source]▶
I’d be interested in how your privacy policy allows this. I can’t find where it mentions photos are stored or used for training purposes…
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Cheer2171 ◴[21 Nov 24 04:17 UTC] No.42201060[source]▶
The MyFitnessPal privacy policy says "We use photos, videos, or other data you provide to us to customize our Services." [1]

That's all they need to do to cover themselves.

[1] https://www.myfitnesspal.com/privacy-policy

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1. tgsovlerkhgsel ◴[21 Nov 24 05:00 UTC] No.42201280[source]▶
> That's all they need to do to cover themselves.

If this is real and not a joke, I bet some DPA will disagree if this is brought to their attention. Effective consent under GDPR requires informed consent.