The CDC doing this (or any public agency for that matter) doesn't bother me, to be frank I think it's expected in order for them to make well-informed policy de

The CDC doing this (or any public agency for that matter) doesn't bother me, to be frank I think it's expected in order for them to make well-informed policy decisions. What bothers me is that if this data is not anonymized properly then that's one really bad leak waiting to happen. For example: if someone has someone else's location patterns they can plan a robbery on their home at the optimal time. Not only this, but I think that if we as a society are going to collect data en masse there has to be a legitimate opt out for the people who aren't interested. I think forcing blanket surveillance on everyone is just going to sew further trust issues down the road and a good compromise is letting people opt out, but providing additional services and conveniences if they opt in.