[liberationtech] Strength of Political Action, In The Era of COVID-19... More Theatrics & Side-Shows.

[David Stodolsky]

> On 26 Apr 2020, at 20:16, Zach Bastick <zach.bastick at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 Marc Sunet wrote:
> The video makes constant references to "the location service", which
> appears to track your location both outdoors (GPS?) and indoors (wifi? What if I don't turn it on?). For cases (2) and (3) to work, my
> understanding is that both person 1 and 2 need to be connected to the same service, suggesting a central service? And you state that the device contains an "encrypted record that is a function of their
> identity". So basically, you're suggesting a central service that
> identifies and tracks people everywhere they go?
> 
> Such constraints actually might work well in a medical facility (which is the example David gives). Rooms can be delineated not by Bluetooth beacons or WIFI, but simply by door access badges (although that involves employee tracking concerns). Regarding anonymity, would it not presumably be expected that healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 be identifiable anyway to peers/employers (for the protection of patients and the workers own welfare, e.g. testing and sick leave)?   
> 

All tracking data is anonymized. While virus exposure might not require the protection of anonymity, knowledge of the location of employees at every moment of the day might not encourage compliance. That is, workers might “forget” their phones, when encounters were sensitive information. 


dss 

David Stodolsky, PhD                   Institute for Social Informatics
Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark
dss at socialinformatics.org          Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070

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