{"id":35506,"date":"2020-06-13T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bae95fb0-2c31-4394-abe1-cf5cdc7094ba"},"modified":"2020-06-13T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T12:00:08","slug":"burger-king-finds-a-disturbing-way-to-get-people-to-stay-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/burger-king-finds-a-disturbing-way-to-get-people-to-stay-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger King finds a disturbing way to get people to stay home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is it worth giving up your privacy for? Of course it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burger King<\/span><\/p>\n

We’re all very particular about our privacy.<\/p>\n

Well, at least we say we are.<\/p>\n

Yet the Coronavirus crisis<\/a><\/span> has forced us to examine which principles we’ll stand up for. And which principles we’ll happily give up without a qualm.<\/p>\n

In countries like South Korea, citizens have gladly allowed themselves to be traced<\/a> in order to help the common good in fighting the virus. Yes, they’ve given up privacy. They hope their commitment to the nation’s health won’t be taken advantage of by unscrupulous officials.<\/p>\n

Burger King must have thought long and hard about this. How could the brand get people to give up their location data without fearing they were being told a whopper<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The burger chain chose a classic route. Bribery.<\/p>\n

Burger King’s Brazilian arm asked customers to download its app<\/a> and allow the chain to check, via geolocation data, whether they were actually, really sheltering in place and being distantly responsible.<\/p>\n

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