State-Surveillance

A powered mobile phone always sends signals to one of the closest base stations. Given multiple base stations, the angle and time of arrival, and location signatures of each cell location can be used to locate a mobile device. The higher the density of cell towers, the more precise the calculated location.

Discussion on Cambridge Analytica

Under GINA, health insurers must not use genetic information of the clients (or clients family) to inform their policy. The military can though, and other insurance like long-term care, life and disability are exempt. Employers (except the military) are prohibited from making decisions based on genetic information. As of 2020, in Florida, long-term-care, life and disability insurers are no longer exempt.

Pre-read thoughts.

I think for the general population, the value of privacy is not worth the inconvenience associated with securing it, in the cases where it’s not readily availed by Big Tech. For example, one wouldn’t go out of their way to not have passwords and 2FA. However, when it comes to matters like online privacy, most folks are willing to allow surveillance in exchange for free services like web search, social media, etc.