4 thoughts on “Contact Tracing: There’s An App for That, But Should There Be?

  1. I get that apps and other technology can help with this effort. and i understand the desire to be seen to be doing something. But this approach is way more intrusive and likely to lead to the violation of important rights then, ya know, hiring actual people to do the work (especially with so many unemployed in the US right now). I can see having a voluntary app or an opt in add on to individual cell phone plans, but it needs to be something the use can fully control. I carry a work cell phone and a personal cell phone for precisely this reason.Report

  2. Contract tracing is probably the best tool we have for “reopening” the economy. The problem is that most Westerners have been primed to see it as an invasion of civil liberties. Probably with excellent justification but there are no easy solutions.Report

    1. The People talking to other people version is the easiest solution. Yes there are some civil liberties issues potentially associated with it, but person to person contact tracing is a lot more like the census and a lot less like a manhunt.Report

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