{"id":2431,"date":"2017-03-02T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:33","slug":"waze-and-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/02\/waze-and-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Waze and means"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2435\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2435\" class=\"wp-image-2435 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of car dashboard screen with Waze nav activated.\" width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Waze)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Waze, the crowdsourced traffic and navigation app\u00a0owned by Google is\u00a0joining the SmartDeviceLink Consortium and working with automakers and developers on\u00a0open source protocols for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2017\/02\/waze-cars\/\">connecting smart phones to car dashboard screens<\/a>. This gives Waze\u2014and therefore Google\u2014a lot more data about you, your habits, and your car. This kind of info collection might worry some users. But\u00a0<strong>Erik Gordon<\/strong>, who studies entrepreneurship and strategy at the the\u00a0Ross School of Business, believes the public is pretty comfortable with giving up their personal information in exchange for a deal. \u201cEvery time I thought, \u2018This is where consumers are going to put their foot down to protect their privacy,\u2019 they don\u2019t put their foot down,\u201d Gordon says. \u201cThey open their arms: \u2018Let me give you more information if you give me a $0.50 coupon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waze, the crowdsourced traffic and navigation app\u00a0owned by Google is\u00a0joining the SmartDeviceLink Consortium and working with automakers and developers on\u00a0open source protocols for connecting smart phones to car dashboard screens. This gives Waze\u2014and therefore Google\u2014a lot more data about you, your habits, and your car. This kind of info collection might worry some users. But\u00a0Erik Gordon, who studies\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/02\/waze-and-means\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,121,56],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-data","tag-privacy","tag-vehicle"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-e1489363817567.jpg",700,525,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-125x94.jpg",125,94,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-768x576.jpg",665,499,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-700x525.jpg",600,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-e1489363817567.jpg",700,525,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-e1489363817567.jpg",700,525,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-665x499.jpg",665,499,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Waze-SDL_MWC-FINAL-e1489363817567.jpg",333,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Waze, the crowdsourced traffic and navigation app\u00a0owned by Google is\u00a0joining the SmartDeviceLink Consortium and working with automakers and developers on\u00a0open source protocols for connecting smart phones to car dashboard screens. 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