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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by truculent on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:16PM (#23653662)
> Mobilewalla does not collect the data itself, but rather buys it from a variety of sources, including advertisers, data brokers, and internet service providers.

So we can mobilise to use this data for profiling protestors, but not to help tackle a pandemic which is spreading concurrently?

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by soared on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:30PM (#23654551)
This data has an accuracy of something like ~80ft on average.

https://www.mobilemarketer.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/news/re....

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by truculent on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @05:28AM (#23699595)
Ah, right - less than I thought. I suppose that could be useful for mass-gatherings but generally we should not have those anyway.

Thank you for the correction

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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by thatlongthrow1 on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:20PM (#23653710)
They don't get the fine detailed data that is needed for contact tracing.
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Re:Mobilewalla used cellphone data to estimate the demograph... by nodelessness on Friday June 26, 2020 @12:24PM (#23653770)
We cant we just dont care to.
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