But seriously, I am being tracked via the Zap Twin Cities program. I willingly submitted to this surveillance, mostly because I'm a sucker for bike related programs, regardless of how privacy invasive they are. I showed up at the IDS Center and they slapped this thingy on my spokes that will register me at certain checkpoints in Minneapolis/St. Paul:
Plus, they promise rewards will be given, and it's nice that somebody else will be counting my commutes for me. Didn't Benjamin Franklin say something like "he who sacrifices bike privacy for prizes deserves both." I think that's pretty much the quote, right?
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Sounds like fun! As long as they're just tracking checkpoints of some kind and not your every move. I'd hate to be caught riding through some guy's backyard looking for singletrack trails along the river *sheepishly*
Yes, it's just a few checkpoints here and there. Or at least that's what "they" are saying.
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