Originally published at: A Harvard scientist wants to use smartphone data to understand suicides | Boing Boing
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Anything that can help people in their moment(s) of dire need is a step in the right direction.
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Just a plug that there’s a new 988 number that gets you to the same place as the old toll free number --although that still works of course.
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That sounds even less fun than looking at your missed call log and wondering how much appeasement it is going to take to avoid getting welfare checked. What a grim prospect.
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As Robin Williams has been quoted as having said, “A permanent solution to a temporary problem.” 
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Sounds great. Hopefully any data collected won’t be vulnerable to repackaging and selling onwards to dirtbag marketers, which always seems to be the inevitable next step for passive data collection.
Grieving families receive targeted ads for funeral services etc. I can think of it, so you know that others have. I deeply lack the desire to go through the facebook ad buying interface to see if it is possible to identify ‘recently bereaved’ as a demographic target.
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OMG it would be great to sell (ship, nevermind sell) unnervingly bright natural fiber cut-fit tops only available to people who haven’t slept in four days. Detachable padded cuffs, whatever replaces nano copper treatment…Persona 5 to the edge.
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