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  • Google Releases Location Data To Help Authorities Check Lock-Downs
    Published: April 4, 2020
     

    Source: silicon.co.uk

    Location data is being released by Google in 131 countries so officials can see if people are obeying self-isolating rules.

    Alphabet’s Google division has on Thursday published data for 131 countries that shows whether people are obeying self-isolating and quarantine rules.
    The ‘Community Mobility Reports’ from the search engine giant showed whether visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, Reuters reported.
    March is when many countries around the world brought in their lock-down rules, and readers can click here to see the Google reports on their particular country.
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    Re: Google Releases Location Data to Help Authorities Check Lock-Downs
    « Reply #1 on: April 04, 2020, 05:59:33 PM »
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  • Can never understand people who would allows themselves to be tracked like this. Was inevitable they would abuse it someday. And here we have it.