Posted on 04/17/2020 3:40:08 AM PDT by Libloather
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Wake County is relying on cell phone data to see if people are social distancing and following the stay-at-home order.
“We have various metrics that we use including anonymous cell phone data that shows that the overwhelming majority of Wake Couny residents are staying at home,” said Wake County Commissioner Chairman Greg Ford.
Wake County’s Emergency Operation Center is keeping track by monitoring public websites from Google and Unacast. They compile anonymous cell phone data and break it down by each individual state to track where people go, for how long, and with how many people. It gives government valuable insight during the pandemic but also unveils gaps in our privacy.
“They’re [websites] getting access to mobile phone data from a third party that tracks this data,“ said Giovanni Masucci, President and CEO of National Forensics in Raleigh. “You have to assume there is no privacy when you’re using a phone.”
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Ankle bracelets?
Home checks by police?
Big Brother at it’s best
Faraday bag
“anonymous cell phone data: If they have the data, it’s not anonymous.
Don't even need that - turn it off (best), put in airplane mode (okay).
THIS is what you get when you vote for Demoncrats!! NEVER VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS...NEVER!
” If they have the data, it’s not anonymous.”
A manager at General Dynamics asked a fellow employee, “Why haven’t you returned your anonymous survey yet?” The employee said, “You don’t know what anonymous means, do you?”
Great/s. This is my county.....
Time to shut off the tracking on your phone and when not using it shut it off. Going back to the time of Land Line now.
New normal—leave your cell phone at home!
How is this supposed to work if you leave your cell phone at home?
We the Sheeple, shall follow the dictators orders to the letter, please help us God.
They should change the name to WOKE county
So in order to get the CodeRed alerts I would think you would have to have location turned on. It seemed useful the other day when all the storms were going through. Looks like a double edge sword that can be used against us. I don’t see how warning us entitles them to this much violation of privacy.
I leave my phone at home.
You can't trust that it is really off.
“However if anyone wants to locate you it’s really not difficult just by conventional means.”
I know that’s right.
I gave up cell phone use after just three months! What a pain in the butt! Have a landline so just leave a message, I return calls at my leizure...”Freedom”...is a wonderful thing.
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