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

[Steven Clift]

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.

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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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