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Yesterday, I wrote of <b>"presumably conscious"</b> lawmakers, in
the UK. Today, we take notice of at least one of their U.S.
counterparts, in a similar vein. United States Senator Josh Hawley
has sent a letter to Sundar Pichai (CEO, Google), and Tim Cook (CEO,
Apple) noting "his fear" that, their COVID-19 related contact
tracing company "project could pave the way for something much more
dire."<br>
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In his letter, Hawley asks EACH CEO and other company executives to
<b>"[m]ake a commitment" to being "</b><b><i>personally</i></b><b>
liable if [they] stop protecting privacy....." </b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/Hawley-Google-Apple-Letter-COVID19-Tracing.pdf">https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2020-04/Hawley-Google-Apple-Letter-COVID19-Tracing.pdf</a><br>
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<font color="#b3b3b3"><i>Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil.<br>
Principal Technologist &<br>
</i><i>Distinguished Senior Research Scholar</i><i><br>
</i><i>Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)</i><i><br>
</i><i>University of Hawai'i</i></font></div>
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