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http://archive.is/sJLP3 http://archive.is/sJLP3 Unusually confused piece for the Economist, which says govts should not rely on contact tracing apps as silver
by jonahbenton 6y ago
http://archive.is/sJLP3 http://archive.is/sJLP3
Unusually confused piece for the Economist, which says govts should not rely on contact tracing apps as silver bullet, as the apps can have incomplete participation, leading to mistaken/dangerous conclusions, plus they give more power to the tech giants. However, it concludes with
"In this case, though, Google’s and Apple’s cautious approach is sensible. In a pandemic, experimenting with novel public-health responses such as mass surveillance should be done carefully...."
- keenmaster 6y agoAgreed. It’s like when you get an essay prompt in high school English that asks a binary question but you want to be a contrarian so you don’t take either side of the issue and end up presenting some garbled middle ground.