Right, but they claim it's anonymized. Is it really? Who knows. I keep location services turned off on my phone anyway. I know that doesn't prevent cell tower triangulation, but I don't think that's something an app can really do, it has to be done by the carrier.
Also Google and Apple who have been working on a contract tracing framework for COVID-19, have refused to allow app developers access to location data, to the frustration of health authorities. So the point is, it's harder for the government here to do contact tracing via mobile phone than it is in say China or Singapore where they can just demand all records and get them without pushback. Allan Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Not to burst your bubble, Allan, but mobile phone carriers have been selling > off our location data to third parties for years. It’s a huge revenue stream > for them. That’s starting to change, but they’ll go kicking and screaming in > the process. > > This is a bit of a long read, but I would encourage anyone with a cellular > phone to read it and ponder the facts. > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html > > <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html> > > -D > >> On May 18, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> From a practical standpoint, a sizable number of people do not have a >> smartphone, especially in the population most vulnerable. Mobile phone >> carriers are private companies and say they will not turn over >> personally identifiable location data to the government without a >> warrant. The idea that people might be asked to carry something the >> equivalent of an ankle bracelet like a person on house arrest is a >> non-starter. >> >> Allan >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
