PathCheck Foundation
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PathCheck Foundation is a volunteer-led non profit founded in February 2020 at MIT[1][2] with the mission of building mobile technology to contain the spread of COVID-19 without sacrificing user privacy. Their unique use Bluetooth and geolocation co-location technology allows for users to preserve their privacy.[3][4] The organization consists of an over 1000 volunteers from around the world including engineers, researchers, health officials, and volunteers. In addition, there is a wide range of companies that donate employee time to the foundation.[5] The organization was previously known as COVID Safe Paths (and before MIT Safe Paths) but was renamed to PathCheck Foundation on June 28, 2020.[6]
The original technology for the PathCheck app was based on the MIT Private Kit: Safe Paths app created by Ramesh Raskar with Sandy Pentland, Kent Larson, and Kevin Esvelt.
On July 8, 2020, Ramesh Raskar, chairman of PathCheck Foundation, addressed the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Task Force on Artificial Intelligence during their hearing on "Exposure Notification and Contact Tracing: How AI Helps Localities Reopen Safely and Researchers Find a Cure", describing the use of contact tracing technologies used by PathCheck[7]. He also spoke about PathCheck's surveillance and privacy methods at the Wall Street Journal Tech Health event.[8]
The app has been adopted by the Teton County, Wyoming city, home of Yellowstone National Park, government[9][10][11][12][13], Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cyprus[14][15][16]. It is also being pilot tested in at least 3 schools[17][18]
References
- ↑ "Because Hamiltonians Track COVID-19: John Werner '92".
- ↑ "How an MIT spin-off is using contact tracing to fight COVID-19, and so can you".
- ↑ "MIT announces Bluetooth breakthrough in coronavirus tracing app for android and ios".
- ↑ Richtel, Matt (June 3, 2020). "Contact Tracing With Your Phone: It's Easier but There Are Tradeoffs" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "PathCheck Foundation announces exposure notification implementations in seven jurisdictions and launches global partner program".
- ↑ Berrey, Adam (July 13, 2020). "The Renaming Story: From COVID SafePaths to PathCheck Foundation".
- ↑ "Task Force on Artificial Intelligence - hearing to discuss use of AI in contact tracing".
- ↑ "Surveillance and Our Privacy".
- ↑ "America Is Reopening. Coronavirus Tracing Apps Aren't Ready".
- ↑ "What Ever Happened to Digital Contact Tracing?".
- ↑ "Teton County to use app for contact tracing".
- ↑ http://jacksonwy.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=678&ARC=1519. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Health Department unveils contact tracing app".
- ↑ "Apple and Google introduce an app-free virus-tracing program they hope will catch on with the public".
- ↑ "PathCheck Foundation Announces Exposure Notification Implementations in Seven Jurisdictions and Launches Global Partner Program".
- ↑ https://www.cnet.com/news/local-governments-warm-to-mit-coronavirus-tracking-app/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "College forces students to download location-tracking COVID-19 app".
- ↑ "Looking to Reopen, Colleges Become Labs for Coronavirus Tests and Tracking Apps".
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