Quick Notes

2020-04-30

Grassroot contact tracers

Why not self-organize “an army of remote contact tracers”?
2020-04-30

No trust in contact tracing

“Half of Americans won’t trust contact-tracing apps, new poll finds.”
2020-04-27

Watch the wrong news host; get sick

Fascinating story that compares COVID-19 cases of listeners to Hannity vs Carlson on the same channel: Fox News. Some get sicker than others.
2020-04-27

Phone Accelerator Data is all that's needed

…“to obtain information about a device holder’s location, activities, health condition, body features, gender, age, personality traits, and emotional state.”
2020-04-27

Health surveillance has arrived in the US

Palantir “has landed a contract with the feds to build a database tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus around the country”. Now we are in trouble.
2020-04-21

Clipper card not subject to CCPA

According to a personal e-mail I received from the Bay Area Toll Authority, they are a government agency and as such not required to provide the personal information they have on me to me under the CCPA. Was a nice and friendly e-mail, though.

Grassroot contact tracers