Apple publishes COVID-19 Mobility Trends Reports
Apple has joined Google in releasing a COVID-19 mobility data trends tool. The goal is to provide governments and health authorities with accurate reports which show the locations of Apple Maps users in 63 countries and regions. This data is then used to determine the change in the number of people walking, driving and using public transport in these locations.
Apple notes that no data is associated with users’ Apple IDs and all sets are continuously randomized to assure strict privacy. Reports can be searched by city, region or country and will be updated with new data on a daily basis. There is also an option to download the complete data set in CSV format which includes daily changes in requests for directions from Apple Maps users.
Here’s a link to the Apple Mobility Trends Reports homepage.
Reader comments
- AnonD-558092
- IBL
Wow these comments are dumb. Apple Maps users kind of ask Apple's servers to serve them information about their daily commute. Where's the spying here? If people ask me for directions on a daily basis, I can easily tell anyone when people have stop...
- yuka
- nKp
I was not sure Apple was working for a famous US government agency spying worldwide, but now i am.
- Anonymous
- 3gE
As expected the God Apple know your movements, know where you are, your habits and do business with your private data in exchange of nothing. In the real world that is a bad thing. But in the Apple church that is a privilege, making the God Apple mo...
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