> This is just “security theater”, to put it in blunt terms The security theater argument would make sense if there is an audience for the theater - but that i

> This is just “security theater”, to put it in blunt terms The security theater argument would make sense if there is an audience for the theater - but that is not the case. For example, there are no criticism of the government that it is not doing enough that the government needs to resort to a theater. > The number of smartphone users in India is around 500 million out of a nearly 1.4 billion population It's about concentration of the phones that matter. If the biggest risk of infection is in the cities, and if the concentration of phones in cities is high enough, then it is effective. Looking at the whole country as a single aggregate number doesn't make sense. Your points about privacy I agree with.