Isolation 2020

[old jersey girl]

Now we can be just like China.... at least it's opt-in and not something that the government is enforcing. The descriptions here are a little vague, but the idea is that an app on your phone will alert you when you come close to somebody who has tested positive. I can see the value of this from a public health standpoint, but there's just something about it that bothers me. In China, a similar program is run by the government, and your freedom of movement is determined by how close you have been to people who are infected.

Apple and Google Partner on Opt-In COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology to Be Added to iPhone and Android Smartphones

Apple and Google today announced a joint effort that will see them using Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the...

www.macrumors.com

Really worrisome new, increased surveillance shit. And most people unaware or too preoccupied to consider privacy issues. Remember the Patriot Act?

 

[Boyd]

Are you familiar with China's "Social Credit System"? That goes way beyond George Orwell's worst nightmare.

 

[old jersey girl]

Are you familiar with China's "Social Credit System"? That goes way beyond George Orwell's worst nightmare.

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[Boyd]

Social Credit System - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Boyd]

Here's a good series to watch while you locked inside, it was filmed before the virus but the concept of a "network" is very relevant. And it also shows how China's system works.

https://www.pbs.org/show/niall-fergusons-networld/

 

[old jersey girl]

Social Credit System - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Just went off forum, looked it up on "Business Insider". Way past merely scary. We can only hope that the irrepressible young hackers there mess with that system

 

[old jersey girl]

Here's a good series to watch while you locked inside, it was filmed before the virus but the concept of a "network" is very relevant. And it also shows how China's system works.

Niall Ferguson's NetWorld

From the Reformation and 17th century witch-hunting, through the American Revolution and to the nightmare visions of Orwell’s 1984, Ferguson explores the intersection of social media, technology and the spread of cultural movements.

www.pbs.org

Thanks, will check it out.

 

[manumuskin]

I never even thought of the testicular thing! Even those of us who no longer use them still want to know we have them.
My dogs are worse farters then I could ever hope to be.This is actually good for me because if I can manage to silence it I can and do get away with blaming them but Momma has ears like a hawk and I do like to make myself proud so I don;t blame them often.
I have also learned the crack my window slightly trick.If i can silence it she never knows it was ther,Wind sucks it right out. I think I may have hijacked this thread.

 

[Boyd]

I think I may have hijacked this thread.

I'm all for that. And I even hijacked your hijack! Reminds me of the old days around here, a thread never ended where it started - remember that?

I was a moderator at DVInfo.net back then, and the site owner was determined to keep things organized with every discussion on topic, so I spent a lot of time enforcing his rules. The "anarchy" here at NJPB was a refreshing change.

 

[manumuskin]

I actually like the anarchy myself.Let it go where it will but I do know some folks get uptight if the thread wanders but my attention tends to wander and my posts follow.And I do not mind being hijacked in the least.
A moderator I could not be. I like fanning flames more then dousing them

 

[46er]

And I even hijacked your hijack!

That may be a record; a hijacked hijack thread?

 

[old jersey girl]

That may be a record; a hijacked hijack thread?

Aren't we all outlaws at heart?

 

[Boyd]

That may be a record;

I doubt it.

 

[old jersey girl]

Now, the really bad news.

This new corona virus is much more infectious than flu. We knew that, but now there is new research indicating it may be much worse, several times more infectious than flu.

Recent Forbes magazine article on the topic has a direct link to the research article in the CDC Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Can also be reached by going to CDC website, then publications, then the journal.

Still a lot to learn about this disease. Really, be carefull out there.

 

[manumuskin]

I don't buy it but I"m just like that

 

[Ben Ruset]

Yeah, who would trust these "experts" and their "science"?

 

[manumuskin]

some do

 

[ecampbell]

Many die!

 

[bobpbx]

Here's something surprising. There are about 125 Wildlife Management Areas. Only 6 are in Burlington County and 2 of those share it with another county.

 

[manumuskin]

Many die!

All die