Your phone knows if you're staying at home

And it is telling the government. The Verge's Casey Newton explains how location data is helping fight coronavirus, and why even privacy advocates don't think that's such a bad thing.

Featuring
Casey Newton, Silicon Valley Editor at the Verge (@CaseyNewton)

Links to resources discussed:
Casey’s columns on location data:
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/25/21192629/coronavirus-surveillance-location-data-taiwan-israel-us-google, https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199654/location-data-coronavirus-us-response-covid-19-apple-google, https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21206318/google-location-data-mobility-reports-covid-19-privacy
Google blog post on location sharing program:
https://www.blog.google/technology/health/covid-19-community-mobility-reports

Host:
Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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And it is telling the government. The Verge's Casey Newton explains how location data is helping fight coronavirus, and why even privacy advocates don't think that's such a bad thing.

Featuring

Casey Newton, Silicon Valley Editor at the Verge (@CaseyNewton)

Links to resources discussed:

Casey’s columns on location data:

https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/25/21192629/coronavirus-surveillance-location-data-taiwan-israel-us-google, https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/31/21199654/location-data-coronavirus-us-response-covid-19-apple-google, https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/3/21206318/google-location-data-mobility-reports-covid-19-privacy

Google blog post on location sharing program:

https://www.blog.google/technology/health/covid-19-community-mobility-reports

Host:

Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

About Recode by Vox:

Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us.

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Twitter: @Recode

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