Digging deeper into SwissCovid dataRecently, I have gained access to data underlying one of the scientific papers claiming effectiveness of the SwissCovid contact tracing…Jan 19, 20223Jan 19, 20223
Published inGeek CultureVenue-based Tracing: Some Insights From New ZealandEurope has been stuck with a digital approach to contact tracing tied to Bluetooth. New Zealand has been using both Bluetooth and QR-codes…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
Lies, damn lies, and SwissCovidIn this short article, we review a preprint which claims essentially that the digital contact tracing app SwissCovid works. That preprint…Mar 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021
Conflict of interest disclosureThis is meant as a disclosure of a situation that might be confusing or carry a conflict of interest. Starting Tuesday October 20th 2020…Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020
Trust in digital spaceDigital technologies have vastly enhanced our capacities to interact with the world and each other. However these technologies also have…Oct 12, 2020Oct 12, 2020
Zeynep Tufekci’s next pieceZeynep Tufekci just wrote a fantastic piece for The Atlantic on a statistical variable of high relevance to the COVID pandemic.Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Published inPersonalData.IOSwissCovid élargit son filetLe 6 juillet, l’application SwissCovid a été reconfigurée. Dans ce bref article, j’explique ce changement, ses conséquences, et spécule…Jul 12, 2020Jul 12, 2020
Published inPersonalData.IOInferring distance from Bluetooth signal strength: a deep diveContact tracing apps intend to predict exposure to a COVID-19 infection, where exposure is computed as some function of time and distance…May 19, 20203May 19, 20203
Epidemiology Fast ForwardHave you been convinced in the past few days that digital contact tracing was just manual contact tracing? Think again, it’s not!May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
Published inPersonalData.IOAddiction and technology: understanding the linksHow is digital addiction enabled by surveillance capitalism? What is addiction? Maurizio Arseni, of OffGridMe.Life and MyData Geneva…Oct 16, 2019Oct 16, 2019