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The fact that the notion of contact-tracing wasn't immediately met with howls of laughter and/or outrage is perhaps the most depressing aspect of 2020, a year w
by recursivedoubts 6y ago
The fact that the notion of contact-tracing wasn't immediately met with howls of laughter and/or outrage is perhaps the most depressing aspect of 2020, a year with some extremely stiff competition in the "well, now, that's depressing" category.
- andybak 6y agoNo. The fact that we didn't enforce proper privacy controls with harsh penalties is the scandal. Unless you're arguing we are innately incapable of doing that? That feels like defeatism.
- recursivedoubts 6y agoEven if I thought that the corporate world could be controlled, which I don't, I admit complete defeat in expecting the intelligence community to obey any privacy requirements.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoIt's a tried and tested tool in fighting disease outbreaks. What else would we do?
- chrismatheson 6y agoIt works if I’m just a number to the system though right?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoWhen you're dealing with problems that are larger than your city district - and a global pandemic definitely qualifies - you're always just a number to the system. There is no other way.
- untog 6y agoEh? Contract tracing has been effective in a bunch of countries. And the framework Apple and Google worked together on works great and protects privacy. The problem is the government incompetence and/or malfeasance, not contract tracing itself.
- HugeAcumen 6y ago> The framework Apple and Google worked together on works great and protects privacy. Not so. https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/contact_tracing_app_traffic.pdf https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/contact_tracing_app_...