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1/ Pour préparer le space de ce soir, essayons de comprendre l'article "Pandemic to endemic: How the world can learn to live with COVID-19" de McKinsey. Cet article, publié en octobre 2021, a changé la définition du mot "endémie".
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2/ Avant 2022, la définition d'"endémie" était claire : "maladie qui sévit en permanence dans une région. Le paludisme est l'une des grandes endémies des continents africain et asiatique" (Larousse)
3/ Voici un résumé de l'article de McKinsey par l'extension Chrome IA "Copilot" : 
Some academic research including papers in high-profile journals relies on location data obtained from shady data brokers, that secretly gather it from people while misleadingly describing it as 'opt-in' or 'anonymized'.
@jenuhhveev on why this must stop:
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@jenuhhveev on why this must stop:
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@jenuhhveev "SafeGraph is not alone among location data brokers in trying to 'research wash' its privacy-invasive business model and data through academic work. Other shady actors like Veraset, Cuebiq, Spectus, and X-Mode also operate so-called “data for good” programs with academics"
Some researchers incorrectly describe the location data they receive from data brokers, others make contradictory claims about it.
These firms don't collect 'anonymous' data, there is no such thing as 'anonymized device IDs', and app users didn't knowingly 'opt-in' or 'consent'.
These firms don't collect 'anonymous' data, there is no such thing as 'anonymized device IDs', and app users didn't knowingly 'opt-in' or 'consent'.
Celebrity #Covidwashing: @ReeseW offers free dresses to teachers from her company but after it goes viral an untold number of teachers submitted their school IDs but turns out a lucky 250 teachers will get a dress for all that free press and personal data. today.com/today/amp/tdna…
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Location data secretly gathered from smartphone apps is potentially flawed, biased, untrustworthy or even fraudulent.
Overview of data harvesting companies who claim to help fighting the virus by providing data on the movements of millions #covidwashing
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Overview of data harvesting companies who claim to help fighting the virus by providing data on the movements of millions #covidwashing
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Cuebiq, data on Italian smartphone users:
Unacast, data on US smartphone users:
