[liberationtech] Fwd: How are mobile carriers/Google/Apple helping track Covid19? Hey South Korea!

[Bill Cox]

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 <clift at e-democracy.org> 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 <clift at e-democracy.org>
> Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 9:38 AM
> Subject: How are mobile carriers/Google/Apple helping track Covid19? Hey
> South Korea!
> To: poplus <poplus at googlegroups.com>
>
>
> 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
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