Thread by @deaneckles, Interesting to see @nytimes use mobile phone location traces from Cuebiq for [...]

Interesting to see @nytimes use mobile phone location traces from Cuebiq for measuring the onset of & compliance with distancing https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-social-distancing.html

Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread

People in Florida and elsewhere continued to travel widely last week, potentially exposing more people to the coronavirus, phone data shows.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-social-distancing.html

This article, with a quite different emphasis, is by a partially overlapping team @jenvalentino
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
I wonder what conversations about privacy are happening in the newsroom as they choose to use this data, which is a big PR win for Cuebiq

Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret

Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html

Some more on the reasoning about using location data from the reporter on both pieces https://twitter.com/jenvalentino/status/1245709289752268801

https://twitter.com/jenvalentino/status/1245709289752268801

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