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It took me a little bit to find the "without apps part". Here's the paragraph: > In the second phase, available in the coming months, this capability will be i
by KerryJones 6y ago
It took me a little bit to find the "without apps part". Here's the paragraph:
> In the second phase, available in the coming months, this capability will be introduced at the
operating system level to help ensure broad adoption, which is vital to the success of contact
tracing. After the operating system update is installed and the user has opted in, the system will
send out and listen for the Bluetooth beacons as in the first phase, but without requiring an app
to be installed.
- 1cvmask 6y agoAnd since it is at the OS level then what is there to prevent it being opt-out or even mandatory?
- KerryJones 6y agoYeah -- this is definitely going to be a privacy concern -- I think the biggest part of the "opt-out" is you don't have to alert anyone when you contract COVID-19... but they're still tracing you the whole time? This feels a lot like Dark Knight.
- pfalafel 6y agoYou can turn Bluetooth off whenever you want. Just kidding.