[liberationtech] U.S. In Talks To Use Location Data To Aid In ~WAR~ Against A Microbe

[davidicus]

The U.S. appears to have hardly been able to adequately test its general or
hospitalized population for COVID-19 and WaPo is now reporting on proposals
to digitally monitor infected folks?

Sounds like a "cart before horse" problem.

Are disaster venture capitalists (Amazon-WaPo included?) now becoming prone
to thinking too much about their own bank accounts whilst in 'home stay
self-isolation'?

Perhaps they ought to instead focus hearts and minds on developing *digital
and/or scientific tools 'for the people' starting with testing and medical
equipment *(e.g. ventilators).

Best Regards,
~david


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On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 11:54, bo0od <bo0od at riseup.net> wrote:

> LOL , good reasons for justifying more of spying abilities. isnt this
> how US dealing with things anyway?
>
> Robert Mathews (OSIA):
> >
> > U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone
> > location data to combat coronavirus
> > By Tony Romm, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg
> > The Washington Post
> > March 17, 2020 at 9:15 p.m. EDT
> >
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/17/white-house-location-data-coronavirus/
> >
> >
>
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