How is this not a total violation of users’ expectation of privacy? Why doesn’t the page even mention the ethics of subjecting people to total surveillance to sell them more crap?
This platform is for remote usability testing [https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/remote-te...], so all parties are usually aware of what's going on. It requires the user to install client software on their phone.
The current alternative is video recordings, which is more invasive. This is mentioned on the website, and described in detail in the paper on the website.
> Remotion is a new way of replaying behavior of people visiting your website or application.
If it is done with informed consent in a research situation, that's not a problem, but this read to me like a way to play back web analytics.
You can see some creepy demos here: