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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by wyxuan on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:16AM (#22613572)
This should've happened a long time ago. I really think there should be more cooperation between governments and tech companies so they can come up with solutions like this much faster like they did in China
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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by russler23 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:46AM (#22613719)
/s

I hope.

Explicatory edit: The CCP, like every government in history, is motivated to conceal its human rights abuses. China also lacks a free press, an important window into its current events. Accordingly, there are obstacles in the way of justly assessing China’s response to this crisis.

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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by whycombinater on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:41AM (#22613694)
I'd prefer to just get arrested every time I sneeze.
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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by ilammy on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:47AM (#22613730)
Hey, you’re in America. So stop sneezing or I’ll shoot you! /s
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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by mirimir on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:20AM (#22613868)
Less /s, "Back off, or I'll shoot you!"
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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by palijer on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:28AM (#22613632)
What solutions did they come up with in China?
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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by sampo on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:48AM (#22613734)
> What solutions did they come up with in China?

New York Times science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. explains in this video, and in this article:

https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac/status/1238604080571772928

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/health/coronavirus-china-...

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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by Laforet on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:45AM (#22613714)
Some surveillance and a lot of footwork.

Cell phone location data helps to suggest if a person has travelled to certain location with their regular phone but that is about it.

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Re:U.S. govt, tech industry discuss using location data to c... by NikolaeVarius on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:51AM (#22614264)
Welding populations into APT blocks
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