What we need now to advance the discussion about cell phone surveillance for coronavirus tracking is a technical conversation between epidemiologists and technologists about what is achievable and what is useful. If there's no overlap, then we don't need to fight about the rest.
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I read your piece about how cell surveillance used by the govt could save lives instead of sell soap, and I was sold. But then someone pointed me to Iceland & Diamond Princess data that shows that 50% of carriers never show symptoms. 1/2
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I don't *think* that was addressed in your piece. Do you think that changes the calculus at all, either in terms of efficacy or ethics? I think the drop in efficacy changes the ethics, but not beyond my personal threshold- I still think it's worth it. 2/2
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Tweet us if you find the epidemiologists that have the time to chat. In the meantime us technologists should get a practical writeup in place of the different levels of penetration/accuracy we could potentially get in those 3 cases+wifi-assisted fine grained location.
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You probably need system-level software; Apple and Google need to start working on an emergency update. No iOS 14 this year — instead, Apple can save the country. If you can get enough bluetooth beacons, location becomes pretty specific.
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Bluetooth beacons aren’t going to save anyone while the prez is telling his idiot fanbase not to isolate and to carry on going to work
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can I throw in another plug for the Singapore approach? Reportedly they are working on open sourcing their app's codebase which would provide a great running start for other countries/states
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