Peter Maro Apr 15, 2025
Steve Herman
CBC - If you get a Lyft the ride-sharing service may be recording your backseat conversation. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lyft-conversation-transcribed-1.7508106
She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said | CBC News

A Toronto woman is raising concerns about her privacy being breached after she received a text message transcript of her conversation with her roommates during a Lyft ride last month.

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Apr 14, 2025 at 9:07pmWeb
Show threadAlan KotokApr 14, 2025

@w7voa ... I hope my last Lyft ride in Iowa was recorded. The driver was a nice guy, but had Kansas City Chiefs logos all over his car, and I'm #BillsMafia ... We trash-talked for almost the entire half-hour to CID.

I ended the ride with Josh Allen's "Be good, do good, God bless, and go Bills."

Show threadRegApr 15, 2025

@w7voa

If you're within electronic earshot of any smartphone or smart assistant then your conversation might be being recorded, and in a public space it's impossible to know what devices - apart from your own - might be listening.

If someone woke up in 2025 after being in a coma for twenty years then they would be appalled at the lack of basic privacy in today's society.