Phone location data shows millions of Americans have already started leaving home and traveling more in the past week
Mobility is gradually increasing even in states that haven't reopened. In the month of March, the number of people leaving home in New York was 67% lower than the same time the previous year — but in the past week, mobility in New York was just 29% lower than last year's average.
Cuebiq, like Google and Apple, tracks location data using software built into apps that people download. The practice has faced backlash from some privacy advocates, but location data firms and their partners insist that people's movements are anonymized and aggregated, and not directly tied to their identities.Mobility data from mid-March, when most states were instructing businesses to close and people to stay home, shows decreased mobility compared to the year prior.
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