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We’re already at the bottom of the hill of that slippery slope argument. Nearly everyone already carries the tools of mass surveillance around with them everywh
by jmull 7y ago
We’re already at the bottom of the hill of that slippery slope argument. Nearly everyone already carries the tools of mass surveillance around with them everywhere they go already.
What may or may not be partially missing (don’t forget, cell towers are already tracking everyone’s general location and governments can get that data in various ways) is the software and backend systems to collect that data and make it available to governments... and this contact tracing system isn’t that software and doesn’t have back end components.
So again: while these privacy concerns are valid, they have nothing to do with this contact tracing system
- matt_smith123 7y agoA key difference for me is that it is way easier for the government to get a company or individual to give up keys or data than it is to get them to write the code to gather data in the first place. I'm sure there are those in government that are quite pleased that Apple and Google are doing it willingly.