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> They shouldn't have the data, they don't need it, and storing it long term is completely unnecessary. I mean, I completely disagree. If the job of a public h
by arcticbull 5y ago
> They shouldn't have the data, they don't need it, and storing it long term is completely unnecessary.
I mean, I completely disagree. If the job of a public health agency isn't to use anonymous data to make informed decisions about public health what on earth is their job?
- robbedpeter 5y agoThey don't need location tracking. It's inherently not anonymous.
- arcticbull 5y agoThat’s a good opinion haha, but I do trust them to make the determination around what existing data set they need to be effective. That’s why we have them.
- sneak 5y agoThere is no way to anonymize movement data. Anyone telling you that location data is "de-identified" or "anonymized" is lying to you.
- arcticbull 5y agoMy point isn't that it's not possible to de-anonymize the data in general, but rather that this organization doesn't have datasets that they can correlate it with, they don't have any incentive to do so, they don't have any mandate to do so, and this data is also available to anyone willing to cut a check. My point is they are using data to make data-driven decisions and do their jobs. This is the kind of thing you want from a government. So again, I ask. If the job of a public health agency isn't to use anonymous data to make informed decisions about public health what on earth is their job?