{"id":7556,"date":"2020-04-19T18:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T16:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2020-05-08T17:19:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:19:24","slug":"coronavirus-phone-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/coronavirus-phone-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Phone Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\";https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/530764034\/960x0.jpg?fit=scale\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Coronavirus Phone Tracking\" title=\"Coronavirus Phone Tracking\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coronavirus Phone Tracking: What Happens Next Is Critical\u2014Here\u2019s How It Affects You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A vast array of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2020\/04\/07\/covid-19s-new-normal-yes-your-phone-will-track-infected-people-nearby\/#1f3d98907f0d\">contact-tracing apps<\/a>&nbsp;will launch in multiple countries around the world in the coming weeks, fast-tracked by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2020\/04\/10\/coronavirus-phone-tracking-apple-and-google-just-took-over-heres-what-that-means-for-you\/#40ed46cb88db\">Google and Apple<\/a>&nbsp;promising to build the underlying framework into their operating systems. As politicians continue to fight the pandemic medically and economically, the idea that this new tech can help resolve the crisis has taken hold. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not that simple. In reality the problem isn&#8217;t developing the technology, it\u2019s managing all of us. And if that doesn&#8217;t work, then this won&#8217;t work either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, though, let\u2019s deal with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/04\/17\/european_contact_tracing_app_spec\/\" target=\"_blank\">the privacy issue that has prompted so much debate&nbsp;<\/a>since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\">Google<\/a> and Apple rocketed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazzlepop.net\/site\/category\/technology\/\">bluetooth<\/a> contact-tracing up to the big leagues. Privacy is a distraction here. The surveillance aspects of this are dwarfed by the efficacy issues. And so the&nbsp;<em>real<\/em>&nbsp;privacy issue is that the debate will ensure some percentage of users read the headlines and avoid installing the apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/530764034\/960x0.jpg?fit=scale\" alt=\"Coronavirus Phone Tracking\"\/><figcaption>Coronavirus Phone Tracking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an old adage in surveillance: if you have too much data, you don&#8217;t have any data at all.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/made-by-history\/wp\/2017\/07\/18\/too-much-surveillance-makes-us-less-free-it-also-makes-us-less-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s called over-collection<\/a>. The idea that contact-tracing apps are a spy\u2019s dream is nonsense. If the state wants to track your smartphone, they have more effective options at their disposal\u2014ones without an off-switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2020\/04\/19\/coronavirus-phone-tracking-needs-drastic-new-measures-to-make-it-work-heres-why\/#17f6694c1cec\">forbes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus Phone Tracking: What Happens Next Is Critical\u2014Here\u2019s How It Affects You A vast array of&nbsp;contact-tracing apps&nbsp;will launch in multiple countries around the world in the coming weeks, fast-tracked by&nbsp;Google and Apple&nbsp;promising to build the underlying framework into their operating systems. 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