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Have you even read the spec before dumping your thoughts? They address the privacy concerns explicitly. A short summary: - Doesn't collect personally identifia

by mmcnl 7y ago

Have you even read the spec before dumping your thoughts? They address the privacy concerns explicitly. A short summary: - Doesn't collect personally identifiable information or user location data - People who test positive are not identified to other users, Google or Apple - List of people you’ve been in contact with never leaves your phone https://blog.google/documents/57/Overview_of_COVID-19_Contact_Tracing_Using_BLE.pdf https://blog.google/documents/57/Overview_of_COVID-19_Contac...

A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
I will admit that I did not, but having seen trends over the past few decades taught me to be rather skeptical. In other words, today's specs are little more to me than promises. I am ok with being downvoted for this. edit: I just "read" it ( it is not even a spec - it is not even a powerpoint presentation ). You are down voting me for questioning a couple of pictograms?
- mmcnl 7y ago
  There is nothing wrong with being skeptical, I just think your objections are out of place. If you are really concerned then it's probably best not to use Android or iOS at all, who knows what data might be shared with the government without your knowing? This spec (or any app built on top of this spec) doesn't really change anything about that. Edit: I wasn't downvoting you, and the link was the source for the summary for the privacy considerations. The details are in the actual spec.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
    I disagree. You base your opinion on nothing more than a couple of icons. Having now read it, I cannot in good faith even call it specs. It is a step above infomercial. Hardly something trustworthy.
    - mmcnl 7y ago
      I mistakenly gave you the impression that I was linking to the spec. I was in fact linking to the infomercial that had a summary of the privacy considerations. The actual spec can be found here: 1. Bluetooth: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-BluetoothSpecificationv1.1.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu... 2. Cryptography: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-CryptographySpecification.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu... 3. Framework: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-FrameworkDocumentation.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu...
      - A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
        No worries. I apologize for jumping to conclusions like this. I will be going over these soon.
- tastroder 7y ago
  A technical outline is here: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-CryptographySpecification.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu... also linked elsewhere in this thread.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
    Thank you for this. It may take me a little longer to digest.

by mmcnl 7y ago

A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago

I will admit that I did not, but having seen trends over the past few decades taught me to be rather skeptical. In other words, today's specs are little more to me than promises. I am ok with being downvoted for this. edit: I just "read" it ( it is not even a spec - it is not even a powerpoint presentation ). You are down voting me for questioning a couple of pictograms?

mmcnl 7y ago
There is nothing wrong with being skeptical, I just think your objections are out of place. If you are really concerned then it's probably best not to use Android or iOS at all, who knows what data might be shared with the government without your knowing? This spec (or any app built on top of this spec) doesn't really change anything about that. Edit: I wasn't downvoting you, and the link was the source for the summary for the privacy considerations. The details are in the actual spec.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
  I disagree. You base your opinion on nothing more than a couple of icons. Having now read it, I cannot in good faith even call it specs. It is a step above infomercial. Hardly something trustworthy.
  - mmcnl 7y ago
    I mistakenly gave you the impression that I was linking to the spec. I was in fact linking to the infomercial that had a summary of the privacy considerations. The actual spec can be found here: 1. Bluetooth: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-BluetoothSpecificationv1.1.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu... 2. Cryptography: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-CryptographySpecification.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu... 3. Framework: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-FrameworkDocumentation.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu...
    - A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
      No worries. I apologize for jumping to conclusions like this. I will be going over these soon.
tastroder 7y ago
A technical outline is here: https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/current/static/contact-tracing/pdf/ContactTracing-CryptographySpecification.pdf https://covid19-static.cdn-apple.com/applications/covid19/cu... also linked elsewhere in this thread.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
  Thank you for this. It may take me a little longer to digest.