Should I be pissed at Microsoft?

Well I just looked at this article and apparently Microsoft just pated a "Avoid Ghetto" app on there version on their windows phone device. Initial response was, "Get the fuck out of here!" (In my outdoor voice)  how can this company let this happen?!  I mean don't this kind of attitude is some kind of racial profiling:

HERES THE ARTICLE

REDMOND, Wash. (CBS Seattle) – Microsoft has been granted a patent for its “avoid ghetto” feature for GPS devices.

A GPS device is used to find shortcuts and avoid traffic, but Microsoft’s patent states that a route can be plotted for pedestrians to avoid an “unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures.”

Created for mobile phones, the technology uses the latest crime statistics and weather data and includes them when calculating a route.

The patent, written in a combination of tech-speak and legalese, was awarded to Microsoft earlier this week. It also described other uses for the new GPS technology.

One section of the patent mentioned that advertisers can use the technology to navigate a user through a newly set up ad campaign.

Microsoft declined to comment to CBS Seattle.

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