[FRIAM] Indefinite Emergency Powers

[cody dooderson]

There is part of me that really sees the potential for misuse of power. At
Simtable we are working towards a spread model that involves tracking
peoples locations using their phones. Which would be bootstrapped by
getting location history from sources like Google, Facebook, Pokemon-go,
etc...  The US and Israeli governments have already verified that they
gather accurate phone location histories.  I would really hate for the GOP
or even the DNC to get that data 'though. What I am trying to say is that
we are on a slippery slope, where tracking everyones location is common.
There also seems to be doubt about how well this location data will work
for fighting the covid-19 virus given the number of asymptomatic carriers.
So far the best solution seems to be to test everyone, and then test them
again.

References:
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/governments-havent-shown-location-surveillance-would-help-contain-covid-19
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/scientists-say-mass-tests-in-italian-town-have-halted-covid-19

Cody Smith


On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 8:06 AM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congress is smarter than that, even with it's Trumpian sycophants.
>
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> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 5:26 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
>
>> Hungary's authoritarian leader Orban wants to get indefinite emergency
>> powers to fight the Virus.
>>
>> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/hungary-s-orban-seeks-indefinite-emergency-powers-in-virus-bill
>>
>> It reminds Germans of the "enabling act" 1933 which Hitler used to grab
>> power. This law granted the leader the power to enact laws without the
>> involvement of the p
>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_(Weimar_Republic)>arliament,
>> and made him a dictator.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933
>>
>> Trump will try something similar - a bill or amendment to the
>> constitution that grants him indefinite and unlimited powers. Officially to
>> fight the disease and to protect Americans. In reality to protect himself.
>> Once he has this emergency powers, he will never give them back.
>>
>> https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/doj-coronavirus-emergency-powers-140023
>>
>> -J.
>>
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