We're not at the stage where we can use such a tracking system in the United States. But we absolutely should be building it out right now, for when the initial wave has passed and we can move to Taiwan-style measures. We need Apple and Google at the forefront of this, right away
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Our biggest challenge in containing the reemergence of the disease will be aggressive testing and contact tracking. Something like 80% of the US population carries an always-on tracking device with precise geolocation data. Tell me why we're not retooling this for the CDC to use
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Is there crypto nerdery that can make this less invasive from a privacy standpoint? Fan-fucking-tastic. Increase the nerdery! Put in dual overhead blockchains, whatever it takes. But even the most privacy-shredding version of this tracking system would be an absolute social good
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Seriously, what is the point of a corporate duopoly in mobile phone operating systems, and an entirely unregulated economy built on the most invasive forms of personal surveillance, if we can't use them to save lives in a pandemic?
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What we especially need is for tech people to outline to epidemiologists the full extent of the surveillance network *already deployed* commercially in the United States, and find out what parts of it will help their work. I and many other nerds are ready to help communicate that
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I have absolutely no idea what surveillance measures you need in order to fight the spread of a disease like this one. But I bet most of the epidemiology community doesn't fully understand the powers of modern surveillance capitalism, since they've been busy doing epidemiology.
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Bah, this is just another BS argument to be snooping on people 24/7
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That's why you limit it in scope to a specific public health authority, for use in this crisis, and couple it with legislation to regulate (for the first time!) this kind of tracking in the future
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Carrier data can only get you so far, since it's so low-resolution. You really want an app on everyone's phone that can use Bluetooth to get an idea of who passed within 6 feet of you. Could still anonymize & throw in fun Signal-like privacy features. Is anyone working on this?
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