Containment measures will be reinforced, announced today Christophe Castaner. The Minister of the Interior has asked for stricter controls at stations and airports, and promises sanctions for those who participate in rallies in public spaces. There is no (yet?) Question of a national curfew, although local initiatives are taking place as in Nice.
The implementation of the movement restriction will be applied even more strictly:
✅ reinforced controls at stations and airports
✅ no gathering will be tolerated in public spaces. Any offender will be penalized. pic.twitter.com/xz7MqQx6wP– Christophe Castaner (@CCastaner) March 20, 2020
Stéphane Richard, the boss of Orange, works for his part with the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) for ” see how the data [des opérateurs télécoms] can be useful in managing the spread of the epidemic ” In an interview with Figaro, the leader describes this ” construction site of the future “Which will allow epidemiologists to” model the spread of the disease “
In other words, it is a question of using the data collected by the operators to measure the effectiveness of the containment measures. Valuable information that would allow law enforcement to target their containment control operations. Stéphane Richard insists that the data in question are ” anonymized and aggregated “:” It’s not about tracking people individually. At the very least, you have to know if people respect the confinement perimeters, or if they move, without knowing who goes where (Read also: Containment: the police don’t run after you on Strava).
To enable this data to be used, Orange needs regulatory adjustments from the Cnil: “ we should be able to keep data for a long period of time, but currently we have to delete it after a year, we would like to keep it for two years ” The CEO of the incumbent operator cites the example of Italy, which measures the effectiveness of containment in this way.
As regards the congestion of the networks, it is real: “ Since the start of containment, the voice traffic of operators has doubled, people can no longer see each other, their names are ” And instant messaging is preferred, like WhatsApp whose audio calls have increased fivefold! Mark Zuckerberg yesterday mentioned a doubling of audio and video calls on the messaging system.
To cope and avoid saturation, Orange will double the capacity for internet traffic on submarine cables by Monday. Stéphane Richard wants to be reassuring: ” The roads we usually use are perfectly sized to support the current traffic ” However, it asks users to be responsible: online courses are ” more important than network games “
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