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Adding one more output to the maelstrom of #COVIDー19 contact tracing technologies debate, but this is one I'm proud of. Academics from disciplines across @ourANU have joined forces to propose a holistic approach to contact tracing tech evaluation: https://github.com/anu-act-health-covid19-support/SOAP-evaluation
There's a white paper setting out four concepts to shape contact tracing technology discussions around, within a framework called SOAP. https://github.com/anu-act-health-covid19-support/SOAP-evaluation/blob/master/SOAP%20method%20for%20evaluating%20contact%20tracing_for%20publication.pdf
It brings together epidemiologists, cryptographers, philosophers, anthropologists, software engineers, legal scholars and more. The breadth of perspectives forced nuance in our approach. Hard lines were harder. We needed to think not in terms of tradeoffs, but finding balance.
Contributors include @merusheel @sethlazar @KathyReid @amykmcl @JochenTrumpf @benswift @TheDSingularity @tomatospy @cbentl2 +more. We had strong views, but ultimately common goals:
Helping epidemiologists do contact tracing, while making sure any technology solutions supporting any part of that process were designed thoughtfully, responsibly, sustainably, safely. That they would not ultimately be used in ways that harmed citizens.
Any technology implementation supporting contact tracing is part of a wider system working to contain this disease outbreak. Engaging with colleagues from across disciplines meant more listening and more dialogue, facing into that complexity.
SOAP is a draft. It frames basic criteria and preliminary questions to shape any contact tracing technology implementation. It doesn't presume the form a tool supporting contact tracing might take (because contact tracing involves a range of processes and expertise).
Go and have a read of it and stop reading these bad tweets. Next steps, ways of engaging and providing feedback are in the repo: https://github.com/anu-act-health-covid19-support/SOAP-evaluation. There is more to come.
Adding one more (grumpy) tweet, for people who read tweet threads and not documents. SOAP does not endorse any contact tracing tech, nor does it suggest we need more contact tracing apps. It frames evaluation of any proposed solution, including "maybe tech is no good here".
Because sometimes it is good to stop and think a bit before launching into something, and ask yourself a bunch of questions. This applies to technologies and uh also to tweets 
