Do You Think The End Justifies The Means In The Situation Of The COVID-19 Pandemic?
This appeared last week:Privacy vs pandemic: government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19 March 27, 2020 2.28pm AEDT Author1. Patrick Fair Adjunct Professor, School of Information Technology, Deakin University Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days ’ isolation – all at significant cost to taxpayers and the economy. But could telecommunications technology offer a more targeted approach to controlling the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus? One possibility is to use location history data from the mobile phones of confirmed cases, to help tra ck and trace the spread of infection.Some people can be contagious without knowing, either because they have not yet developed symptoms, or because their symptoms are mild. These individuals cannot be identified until they become sufficiently unwell to seek medical assistance. Finding them more quic kly...
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
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