Canada tracked 33M phones during Covid-19 lockdown: report

NY Post demonstrating its value as bird cage liner once again.

The Canadian telcos track cellphones and sell that info to anyone who will pony up the bucks. The data is aggregate and anonymous.

“Canada” did not track the phones, the cell providers tracked them.

Public Health Canada purchased this anonymous data to identify trends and outcomes, both to learn whether policies were effective, and to guide future policies.

Because that’s what a responsible public health administration does.

Makes sense. Why wouldn’t you want to understand the macro trends especially as it relates to a crippling pandemic?