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This hasn’t been hidden at all. Here’s an announcement from a year ago about researchers in Canada using cellphone data: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/researc
by akamaka 5y ago
This hasn’t been hidden at all. Here’s an announcement from a year ago about researchers in Canada using cellphone data: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/research-articles/mobility-and-proximity-in-canada-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/ https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/research-articles/mobility-an...
- parkingrift 5y agoIndependent researchers is not the same as a government health agency. Presumably these independent researchers don’t also have your private health data. And again, if it’s not big deal why wasn’t the Canadian public health agency transparent about it from the beginning?
- akamaka 5y agoNot sure why you are nitpicking. The point is that it’s no secret that this data is out there any available to anyone. Here’s an article about Toronto Public Health using cellphone data, also from a year ago. https://thelogic.co/news/ai-firm-bluedot-helping-toronto-public-health-measure-residents-movement-in-bid-to-track-covid-19-risks/ https://thelogic.co/news/ai-firm-bluedot-helping-toronto-pub...