I found this podcast about efforts by U of W and Microsoft to be insightful. https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/05/05/podcast-232-contact-tracing-privacy-surveillance-decentralized/ https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/05/08/podcast-233-contact-tracing-civil-liberties-sham-kakade/
John Rodkey Director of Servers and Networks Westmont College Verification: Unsure if this is a legitimate email to an email list? Make sure it is recorded at https://my.westmont.edu/it_emails "*God-fearing faith... is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God."* - Martin Luther On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 9:38 AM Julian Y Koh <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m not sure that Wi-Fi data will be the best for doing actual contact > tracing. Maybe if you’ve got the full blown Meridian location tracking or > something similar that can tie in Bluetooth-based beacons, but it seems to > me that the granularity of Wi-Fi only data wouldn’t quite be up to what > you’d need for effective contact tracing. I’m not completely convinced > that Bluetooth doesn’t cast too wide a net either, but it’d be a lot better > that Wi-Fi triangulation. > > Where we’re anticipating having the discussion around Wi-Fi data is > gauging user/device density and duration of stay in general areas so that > we can gauge what areas present the greater risks of exposure. There was a > recent NYT article that explored this using cell phone location data. > > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-us-reopen.html > > Going back to contact tracing, as of right now we see the value of trying > to roll our own app or system to be limited given that there’s no way to > tell what people are going to do when they leave campus. I’m hoping the > state will come up with something workable that we can then point everyone > here to use. > > > > -- > Julian Y. 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