> [Apple and Google] can't possibly say "stronger contact tracing for Canadians, but not for Mexicans" - it has to be one global standard. Why not? Apple and

> [Apple and Google] can't possibly say "stronger contact tracing for Canadians, but not for Mexicans" - it has to be one global standard. Why not? Apple and Google could just as easily say, "Only countries that meet the standards we set get access to more data." On one hand, it seems like the HN community seems okay with giving Apple and Google the power to set norms on technology policy that apply worldwide (e.g., what level of potential privacy loss is acceptable to combat a pandemic), but on the the other hand we don't trust Apple and Google to know how to distinguish a totalitarian regime from a government that respects its citizens' rights?