It might be tempting to trade privacy/security/data for virus tracking, but historically when folks (usually white/cis/able bodied) decided price was "worth it", they weren't the ones paying the price.Thread on all the times marginalized groups paid the price without being asked
Trying to keep society safe from future criminals, courts use risk scores use data from an already biases system to disproportionately label Black defendants as higher risk than white defendants, thus feeding bad data back into the risk machine propublica.org/article/machin…
Trying to keep society safe from future terrorists, FBI used the no-fly list to put innocent Muslims into the database as punishment for refusing to spy on other Muslims ccrjustice.org/home/press-cen…
Trying to keep neighborhoods safe from gang violence, 20 LA police officers fabricate gang relationships to track and share data about Black and Latino residents who had no gang affiliation whatsoever. pasadenaweekly.com/tens-of-thousa…
Trying to prevent the spread of HIV, Grindr shares HIV status, GPS, phone info, relationship status, sexuality, and gender of gay, bi, trans, and queer users with advertisers and third parties
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Trying to make it easier for people to warm up their cars, carmakers create vulnerabilities that allow stalkers to track victims' locations independent.co.uk/news/world/aus…
Trying to make it easier to investigate rape cases, 58% of victims drop prosecution because of invasive, extended police data collection practices theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Trying to prevent the rise of white nationalism, police instead use those tools to track and investigate Black activists, victims, and journalists theintercept.com/2020/01/20/pol…
Trying to help recover kidnapping victims, cell phone companies give up real-time data to stalkers and domestic abusers vice.com/en_us/article/…
And before you suggest that the problem w/ stalking victims only occurred because data "got into the wrong hands"--a reminder that police have 2-4x domestic violence rate of general population. Tracking tools in "legal/right" hands are even more dangerous theatlantic.com/national/archi…
Trying to make it easier for doctors to share electronic records, software companies share private mental health records with any medical professional who uses the system (whether they've been granted access by the patient or not) theintercept.com/2015/08/21/how…
