An artist created Google Maps traffic jams by pulling a wagon full of smartphones
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- noArtist
- SY$
- 06 Feb 2020
no artist, just a small boy without creativity :)
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- Marco M
- Mu3
- 05 Feb 2020
L-L London-Lover, 04 Feb 2020He'll be silly if he purchased all those phones for a stupi... moreFor him it was probably worth it. He got his name in international media etc. Probably the whole point of this :-)
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- Anonymous
- 8we
- 05 Feb 2020
From the article: "Some would say the performance reveals the possibility of a more dangerous situation where Google Maps could be manipulated to divert traffic for purpose of malice."
"Some" say lots of stupid things.
Anyone could divert traffic "for purpose of malice" just by blocking the street with garbage, a car that pretends to be stalled, whatever. The reason this doesn't happen is because most people aren't jerks and criminals.
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- nEk
- 04 Feb 2020
Hello Life, 04 Feb 2020Currently it is the only reliable Online map service that i... moreThere is no thing called free when it comes to google.....
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- potato4k
- XUt
- 04 Feb 2020
Smart, and it reveals the algorithm issues with Google maps.
This problem with Google Map's algorithm do exist in reality. In some countries, many people use motorcycles. Unless the user specifically indicated a motorcycle and use the navigation feature, I'm sure this affect the algorithm (a road being indicated less busy than actual, causing worse traffic irl since everybody is directed through it, or a car being directed to a tiny road simply because most motorcycles used it).
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- L-L London-Lover
- KIB
- 04 Feb 2020
Johnny Heinz, 04 Feb 2020Wow i will let loose a cow herd in the middle of a city, it... moreMaybe,
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- L-L London-Lover
- KIB
- 04 Feb 2020
Marco M, 04 Feb 2020Right, because the only Huawei devives that exists are thos... moreHe'll be silly if he purchased all those phones for a stupid experiment. He might have borrowed it from friends etc.
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- leugimrc
- Evq
- 04 Feb 2020
SizN80, 04 Feb 2020Are you sure? My P30 Pro is working great with Google Maps. :)and its the greatest foneat present day
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- Lumina
- RN5
- 04 Feb 2020
DroidBoye, 04 Feb 2020Hmmm... A hard problem I see. How about identifying each ph... moreI would pretty much prefer that my phone is NOT going to use more sensors during navigation for this stupid purpose.
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- Adul Al Salami Kebab
- nrX
- 04 Feb 2020
Alex, 04 Feb 2020How is this guy "an artist" ? By what definition of the word ?He mastered the art of trolling.
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 04 Feb 2020
Well one hundred cheap phones bought as a second and phone or on the bazaar or maybe wish site who knows.
Maybe there were brands which are unknown for even us.
Such as Blaupunkt, Cirrus, Lark, Myphone, Cherrymobile etc.
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- Anonymous
- re0
- 04 Feb 2020
This experiment has no point, this service does not pretend to be accurate, but is just an estimate to help people. Now if people want to screw this off course they can, but that's is just being stupid, we would all be better off without that kind of behavior.
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- Johnny Heinz
- YQu
- 04 Feb 2020
Wow i will let loose a cow herd in the middle of a city, it's going to be reconnecting farm and city. I will be the greatest artist ever.
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- Marco M
- Mu3
- 04 Feb 2020
Note7 owner, 04 Feb 2020It's certain no Huawei were in the wagon. Right, because the only Huawei devives that exists are those made after the ban?
There are plenty "old" Huawei devices with google apps and services, and seeing as he had purchased second hand phones for cheap, it is likely that there are some.
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- Alex
- La8
- 04 Feb 2020
How is this guy "an artist" ? By what definition of the word ?
- DroidBoye
- vx2
- 04 Feb 2020
Hmmm... A hard problem I see. How about identifying each phone on how their sensors are triggered. For example, if they are stacked, it means the their accelerometers/gyros would show nearly identical behaviour on all axis. But this would mean higher battery drainage on a client phone as their sensors are always being engaged.
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- Anonymous
- KRV
- 04 Feb 2020
Anonymous, 04 Feb 2020And Huawei will never have the same bloatware that will aff... moreYeah the same bloatwares that huawei trying so hard to have it back in their phones. LOL
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- SizN80
- fjc
- 04 Feb 2020
Note7 owner, 04 Feb 2020It's certain no Huawei were in the wagon. Are you sure? My P30 Pro is working great with Google Maps. :)
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- Hello Life
- XRF
- 04 Feb 2020
It's not exactly Google's fault. Its the GPS chip or the Galileo.. the accuracy Is around 10-30m for public.. google can't magically judge if the smartphones are stacked one upon another. It's practically impossible to do so virtually.