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...that a "contact tracer" is likely, or even duty-bound to keep your secrets private. From what I can tell, a contact tracer is not a doctor, priest, or your retained attorney. They may even be required to report "up the chain" all aspects of your contact history including names, contact info and the... ahem!... nature/circumstances of your contact.
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The folks at the top who are collating trace data reports will definitely want to know how someone either exposed others to the virus, or how they contracted the virus from others. That is considered critical data on understanding how the disease is transmitted from person (hooker/trick) to person (trick/hooker).
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So add a big bottle of 70% or higher alcohol hand sanitizer to your sex kit, along with your lube, condoms, mouth wash, spare clean shirt with no perfume, wet wipes for lipstick on your face, pre-loaded debit card, and burner phone. :p
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Disclaimer: I don't have it, and I don't know anyone who does.
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Life is good.
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The Cat
...that a "contact tracer" is likely, or even duty-bound to keep your secrets private. From what I can tell, a contact tracer is not a doctor, priest, or your retained attorney. They may even be required to report "up the chain" all aspects of your contact history including names, contact info and the... ahem!... nature/circumstances of your contact.
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The folks at the top who are collating trace data reports will definitely want to know how someone either exposed others to the virus, or how they contracted the virus from others. That is considered critical data on understanding how the disease is transmitted from person (hooker/trick) to person (trick/hooker).
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So add a big bottle of 70% or higher alcohol hand sanitizer to your sex kit, along with your lube, condoms, mouth wash, spare clean shirt with no perfume, wet wipes for lipstick on your face, pre-loaded debit card, and burner phone. :p
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Disclaimer: I don't have it, and I don't know anyone who does.
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Life is good.
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The Cat
Appreciate the look behind the clipboard.
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And I think you confirmed my point, although I didn't articulate it well.
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In considering privacy matters, I think there are two "data flow" paths to consider:
1. AGGREGATED and analyzed data published by trace/health organizations - which will (at least should) be stripped of all PII (Personally Identifiable Info - like name, address, phone). Nothing wrong here, as this is one of the stated beneficial purposes of tracing.
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2. CONTACT-LEVEL data rolled up the chain for:
A. Determining upstream/downstream new contacts to interview/advise. Again, nothing wrong here, as this is one of the stated beneficial purposes of tracing.
B. Inclusion in the aggregated reports in #1. And nothing wrong here either, as this is also one of the stated beneficial purposes of tracing.
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C. Analysis of personal contact reports to determine deeper context by non-health-related agencies. And this is where there could be a problem.
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For example, lets say your trace reports show names, address, phone, email, etc. for person who ID's a hooker he/she met. Although your report will only say perhaps hug or kiss, a LE investigator could probably correlate your "kiss" contacts with a known hooker database. Or the investigator could cross-reference your contacts with known gang members, drug cartels and even terrorists. And that is where the privacy issue goes off the reservation. This would be a 4th (1st?) amendment violation (disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer) and could result in arrests (or at least new investigations of alleged crimes) that would not have happened without contact trace reports. And that's either a really bad thing (Hookers) or a (IMO) really good thing (criminals, terrorists) . But it would still be a violation of due process and privacy rights.
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Imagine if local LE or the FBI could read the full medical records of all patients in the US? Imagine if your full medical records were available for purchase by perspective employers, landlords, insurance companies, banks, etc.? You get the idea...
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So I'm not advocating against contract tracing. I think it's a vital tool in containing a pandemic like COVID-19. But I am advocating for strong oversite of how the data is used and accessed "behind the scenes", and for prohibitions of any LE or non-health-related and relevant agencies gaining access to the data.
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Life is good,
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The Cat