Government officials are using location data from cellphones to understand people’s movements amid the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be affecting the spread of the disease https://t.co/nLXyxkcuL5

— Tim Cohn (@TimCohn) March 28, 2020

US gov authorities have started to receive analyses of movement patterns based on location data from shady firms, who are secretly gathering it from apps.

Above all, I think this data is flawed. I told the WSJ strong legal safeguards are needed, at least: https://t.co/gGUQjV1qoO pic.twitter.com/ZcJ4GCCZWs

— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) March 28, 2020

Great scoop by @ByronTau Also Taiwan, Germany, Israel using mobile data. South Korea sends text messages with link for users to check where infected people near them have been. https://t.co/fEpjkoZtHk

— Stephanie Armour (@StephArmour1) March 28, 2020

So much for privacy… https://t.co/pfqSAGJYAZ

— Rose Unplugged (@rose_unplugged) March 28, 2020

South Korea did the same thing, then had an app notify people whose phones were detected to have been near #coronavirus hotspots. https://t.co/rboj6PpQeg

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) March 28, 2020

Scoop from @byrontau: In what one privacy activist terms “covidwashing," government officials across the U.S. are using location data from millions of cellphones in a bid to better understand the movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/RViRXUlggC

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 28, 2020

Government Tracking How People Move Around in Coronavirus Pandemic

"Goal is to get location data in up to 500 U.S. cities to help plan response"https://t.co/1Nc8dJ8a3A

— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) March 29, 2020

What does everybody think about this? I see many upsides, and downsides, of course, if abused. https://t.co/EAgGhGkDR1

— Patrick Moorhead (@PatrickMoorhead) March 29, 2020

even if data is being gathered secretly or illegally by companies,” https://t.co/j24bfI5DcQ

— Righteous Babe (@RighteousBabe4) March 29, 2020

NEW this morning: In the U.S., federal, state and local government officials have begun to get data from millions of American cell phones to combat the coronavirus pandemic — tracking crowds and movement, and how those things impact infection rates.https://t.co/jHbCoaLWpX

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) March 28, 2020

Everyone was clamoring for the United States to follow the South Korea model. Here you go. https://t.co/XGa4sZ8mHR

— Augustus Caesar (@Caesar63BC) March 29, 2020

Fed, state & local Govt officials across US, thru the CDC, are using location data from millions of cellphones ? in a bid to better understand the movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic & how they may be affecting the spread of the diseasehttps://t.co/cWMs5Wq5Sk

— Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) March 29, 2020

Government officials across the U.S. have begun using location data from millions of cellphones in a bid to better understand the movements of Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/6EAvKg1YoF

— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) March 28, 2020

US Officials Use Mobile Ad Location Data to Study How COVID-19 Spreads https://t.co/VivWHSOGUL

— Slashdot (@slashdot) March 29, 2020

WSJ: 미국 당국, 어떻게 코로나19가 확산되는지 연구 위해 모바일광고 위치 데이터 사용
- 연방(CDC 통해), 주, 로컬 정부 그들의 팬데믹 대응 계획에 도움 되도록 모바일광고로부터 위치 데이터 받아
- 이 익명 정보, 어디서 상당수의 사람들이 여전히 모이고 있는지 알려줘 https://t.co/BR0JEeOE7x

— Wan Ki Choi (@wkchoi) March 28, 2020

US officials use mobile ad location data to study how COVID-19 spreads | Engadget https://t.co/Gb3LD5bzXD

— Evan Kirstel #StayHome #RemoteWork (@evankirstel) March 29, 2020

NEW this morning: In the U.S., federal, state and local government officials have begun to get data from millions of American cell phones to combat the coronavirus pandemic — tracking crowds and movement, and how those things impact infection rates.https://t.co/jHbCoaLWpX

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) March 28, 2020

The last time gov invoked “exigent circumstances” to get phone data, it was later found to be ineffective & unconstitutional. What’s the oversight mechanism?#Privacyhttps://t.co/LvVB7A4tfs

— unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted (@JesselynRadack) March 29, 2020

Not just lockdown but people being tracked in New York and others being arrested in Hawaii. We have fallen into tyranny.https://t.co/hRgzARWCLe

— Kash Jackson (@KashJackson2018) March 29, 2020

https://t.co/NnN13rbLtV

Nothing nefarious going on here right?

Amirite? Right...

“Names are stripped from data”

Slowly I turned.. step by step#CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusLockdown

— 28 Days Later (@VGKnightinArmor) March 29, 2020

It's official.

The US government is using our phones to track us in order to contain Covid.https://t.co/ddQ0Bfamhv

— Stefan Constantine (@WhatTheBit) March 29, 2020

What does everybody think about this? I see many upsides, and downsides, of course, if abused. https://t.co/EAgGhGkDR1

— Patrick Moorhead (@PatrickMoorhead) March 29, 2020

Fed, state & local Govt officials across US, thru the CDC, are using location data from millions of cellphones ? in a bid to better understand the movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic & how they may be affecting the spread of the diseasehttps://t.co/cWMs5Wq5Sk

— Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) March 29, 2020

US gov authorities have started to receive analyses of movement patterns based on location data from shady firms, who are secretly gathering it from apps.

Above all, I think this data is flawed. I told the WSJ strong legal safeguards are needed, at least: https://t.co/gGUQjV1qoO pic.twitter.com/ZcJ4GCCZWs

— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) March 28, 2020

Government officials across the U.S. have begun using location data from millions of cellphones in a bid to better understand the movements of Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/6EAvKg1YoF

— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) March 28, 2020

Government officials across the U.S. are using location data from millions of cellphones in a bid to better understand the movements of Americans during the #coronavirus pandemic and how they may be affecting the spread of the disease.https://t.co/fB4jDo4Jj7 via @WSJ

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 29, 2020

Government officials are using location data from cellphones to understand people’s movements amid the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be affecting the spread of the disease https://t.co/51hcuGMJI7 di @WSJ

— Martina Pennisi (@martinapennisi) March 29, 2020

It's official... Coronavirus is not only boomer remover, but also gen y yeeterhttps://t.co/v2IquMh5DW

— miiya ミイヤ ? ? (@PearlteaRizzy) March 29, 2020

Leave your phones at home if you leave the house. Don't take them in the bathroom, bedroom, and keep them out of the hands of your kids. Government tracking cell phones to see how people spread coronavirus https://t.co/2WlAgtHeh5 via @MailOnline

— Annette G. H. ? (@AnnetteGH86) March 29, 2020

Government is tracking Americans' cell phones to see how they move and spread coronavirus | Daily Mail Online - https://t.co/EEX7mcWWyE via @shareaholic

— jamie (@gnuman1979) March 29, 2020

“Government is tracking Americans' cell phones to see how they move and spread coronavirus”

I still use an ancient Blackberry Curve. It doesn’t even receive email. Up with BB’s and flip phones! https://t.co/oGBJJ9LiFG

— Amy Holmes (@realamymholmes) March 29, 2020

US officials use mobile ad location data to study how COVID-19 spreads | Engadget https://t.co/bAxgQqiDZr

미국 코로나19 전파 연구 위해 모바일 광고 위치 데이터 활용, 익명 정보 수집, 재택 여부/소매점 영향 파악. 개인 정보 보호 문제 우려, 악용 우려.

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) March 29, 2020

Government Tracking How People Move Around in Coronavirus Pandemic - WSJ https://t.co/EoDNl1rtdz

— Jamie Glazov (@JamieGlazov) March 30, 2020

This is fantastic news, no joke. The government is using cell data (from mobile advertising!!) to fight the epidemic. Exactly what we need right now. https://t.co/LrS0nElbAl pic.twitter.com/tLCY1vo9S6

— Pinboard ? (@Pinboard) March 29, 2020

Government officials are using location data from cellphones to understand people’s movements amid the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be affecting the spread of the disease https://t.co/wkUS4fRieY

— Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) March 29, 2020

Put a VPN on your phone NOW https://t.co/kev75KGJr1

— Ali Winston (@awinston) March 28, 2020

Government Tracking How People Move Around in Coronavirus Pandemic https://t.co/gXbbmVoNtD

— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) March 30, 2020

hi, US government, what's the point of tracking everybody when you're barely testing anybody? https://t.co/xR4O7hKJqL

— Evan Greer (@evan_greer) March 28, 2020

And it continues. What Constitution? What rights? https://t.co/lihnsI7jt4

— Nick Polce (@NicholasPolce) March 30, 2020