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It does not have to be built that way: https://github.com/DP-3T/documents https://github.com/DP-3T/documents This is what we'll hopefully be using in Switzerla
by jeffrallen 7y ago
It does not have to be built that way: https://github.com/DP-3T/documents https://github.com/DP-3T/documents
This is what we'll hopefully be using in Switzerland.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoUnfortunately, the PEPP-PT approach will not protect privacy in many European countries. This is because an individual is linked to a phone number. Since you cannot purchase a SIM card in many countries without showing ID (and a copy of your ID is made and sent to the state authorities), the state is easily able to match phone numbers with people’s real identities. Consequently, the authorities will easily be able to track the user’s movements, or at least track what other people that person interacted with over a period of time, which is essentially the same thing. If you read the PEPP-PT documentation closely, the “privacy protections” are mainly keeping you anonymous to other ordinary people. But people should reasonably want to remain anonymous from the state as well.
- jeffrallen 7y agoI agree that PEPP-PT is not too clear on their commitment to protecting privacy. I disagree that anything about the DP-3T system divulges SUM numbers. Go read the 3 pager and see.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoIn order to automatically send warning SMSs to everyone you have been in contact with, the system has to link app users to phone numbers.