A Term to Understand: Geofencing
March 25, 2020
DarkCyber has reported in its twice-a-month video news program about companies providing specialized geofencing solutions; for example, our go-to touchstone Geofeedia and others like PredPol. You can find these programs by searching DarkCyber on YouTube or Vimeo.
A news story from a “trusted” source reports “Taiwan’s New Electronic Fence for Quarantines Leads Wave of Virus Monitoring.” The “first” means, DarkCyber assumes, refers to a publicized use of a large-scale geofencing operation applied to numerous citizens.
When you read the story, several questions come to mind which the “trusted” story does not touch upon:
- What vendors provide the geofencing solution in Taiwan and the other countries mentioned in the write up?
- What technologies are used in addition to the latitude, longitude, time stamp data generated by mobile devices connected to or pinging a “network”?
- What additional software systems are used to make sense of the data?
- How long has the infrastructure in Taiwan and the other countries mentioned been in operation?
- What was the ramp up time?
- What was the cost of the system?
- What other applications does the Taiwan system support at this time? In the near future?
- Are special data handling and security procedures required?
News is one thing. Event A happened. Factoids without context leave questions unanswered. Does one trust an absence of information? DarkCyber does. Of course. Obviously.
Stephen E Arnold, March 25, 2020
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