I'm going to preface my argument here with a statement that I think this kind of use by the CDC is appropriate given their mission and stated goals. It will abs

I'm going to preface my argument here with a statement that I think this kind of use by the CDC is appropriate given their mission and stated goals. It will absolutely help them figure out possible future models of population compliance with types of orders and restrictions. That said, this kind of thing does seem like it has the potential to effectively be an end run around needing a warrant to do this kind of tracking on an individual basis. If it's not allowed for the government to track any particular person without a warrant but they can just buy the tracking data from a brokerage and claim "we didn't do the tracking" - that's a bit problematic to say the least. I do agree with other posters though that the real crux of it here is that this kind of data should be illegal to have on its own anyways UNLESS ordered by a court to collect it for the purposes of a warrant.