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

[Yosem Companys]

When all you have is a hammer...  





On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 7:23 PM, davidicus bigbluearth at gmail.com  wrote:
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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Faculty & Instructor. Geography & The Environment. 
Kwantlen Polytechnic University.  
https://www.kpu.ca/arts/geography/faculty/david-sadoway 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Sadoway  KPU is located on theunceded
lands & waters of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Musqueum, Tsawwassen, Semihamoo,
Qayqayt, Sto:Lo and Kwikwetlen Peoples.  

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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