Posted on 05/04/2022 8:14:19 AM PDT by bitt
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used location data from tens of millions of Americans’ phones to track compliance with lockdown orders and vaccination efforts, according to newly revealed documents.
The CDC specifically monitored Americans’ visits to churches and schools, as well as “detailed counts of visits to participating pharmacies for vaccine monitoring,” internal documents from the federal agency obtained by Vice show.
The CDC also reportedly tracked peoples’ movement during curfews and visits between neighbors.
A controversial “data broker” called SafeGraph initially provided the data to the CDC for free during the outbreak of the pandemic, the documents show. Then in 2021, the CDC reportedly hatched a deal to pay the company $420,000 for continued access.
The CDC argued in the documents that data from SafeGraph — which is backed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel and ex-Saudi intelligence chief Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, among other investors — helped give the agency “deeper insights into the pandemic as it pertains to human behavior.”
SafeGraph and the CDC did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the documents, which Vice obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Other health authorities including the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Illinois Department of Transportation have also been accused of tracking millions of people’s phones in recent years.
Data brokers like SafeGraph say that the information they sell represents the movements of groups of people rather than individual users. But critics have raised concerns about the data being less anonymous than data brokers claim.
In one example, a top Catholic priest from Wisconsin was forced to resign last year after a Catholic news site was able to de-anonymize data linked to his cellphone to reveal that he had allegedly used Grindr and visited gay bars. It was not clear
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Get rid of android. I’m dumping droid as soon as my aging phone dies. Going to find another solution, probably No Agenda Phone or Linux.
What lockdown orders are they talking about?
In PA, one of the Democrat governed states, bars, restaurants and other businesses were closed for a while - but there was no restriction on my movements that I recall. If I wanted to drive to a closed restaurant and stand outside the door, there was no law against it.
I suppose people might have had to stay home for a period after traveling - maybe they could bust people who violated those rules.
The only thing I can think of is busting bars and restaurants who stayed open despite the lockdowns - but I doubt there was much of that - and they sent government agents around to enforce that.
This sounds like a scare tactic
btt
Keep it on but store it in a faraday shield bag?
The bag isn’t effective. It’s like shutting it off.
The moment is out of the bag they have t the data they need.
Just get used to life without it again. It’s really that simple.
Don’t take it with you all the time. I use a cb to talk to my house when I’m out. I still carry a cell phone but I am aware of its capability. Bad data is better than no data. Put that phone on a bus and stick it under a seat. Buses even have power outlets.
Toss onto a boat. Put it in the back of a ups truck.
Use the device against those who would use it against you. Bad data.
Now it is 1984
Knock-knock at your front door
It’s the suede-denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece
Too bad Jello is now on the side of the tyrants.
“The bag isn’t effective. It’s like shutting it off.
“The moment is out of the bag they have t the data they need.”
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Yeah, that what I figured too.
Anytime an ordinary citizen makes a head fake toward desiring privacy, Big Brother gets the shivers.
Yup. In the least 2 years I learned to break the habit of taking the cell phone with me everywhere. I left it home all the time when I had to shop during ‘20 and most of ‘21. It’s a useful tool but I depsise how intrusive the thing is.
almost close to ditching my cell completely....
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