I don't know if this thread impacted Apple and Google in their decision to move forward with privacy-preserving Bluetooth LE based contact tracking, as suggested on this thread, but I can say at least some Googlers saw this, and regardless of who got the idea from where, Yay!
https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/13/daily-crunch-apple-and-google-announce-contact-tracing-initiative/ If there is anything folks would like me to pass along, I likely can get it to the right folks. AFAICT, they basically have the details right in the design, based on the public sources I see. As usual, I learned about this from the news, not internal channels. On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 7:51 AM Steven Clift <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any thoughts? > > I say screw privacy for this public health emergency and apply what they > already know us for marketing purposes to keeping thousands alive. Then we > can better regulate after the crisis when people know what this tech can > track. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Steven Clift <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 9:38 AM > Subject: How are mobile carriers/Google/Apple helping track Covid19? Hey > South Korea! > To: poplus <[email protected]> > > > I've read that South Korea has used tech to track down possible contacts > between those testing positive and those who may have been exposed. > > I haven't heard if this being used in Italy, the UK, US, etc. Is it? > > Is there a detailed article about this anywhere? (Any language.) > > Does anyone here know more about this? > > One article: > > "Thousands of miles away in South Korea, authorities have a different > response to a similar-sized outbreak. They are testing hundreds of > thousands of people for infections and tracking potential carriers like > detectives, using cell phone and satellite technology." > > > https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-response-specialre-idUSKBN20Z27P > > > My related post on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup/permalink/2615192822045631/ > > > Thanks, > Steven Clift > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected].
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