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There are ways to implement contact tracing so that unnecessary information is not shared and so that you are in control of what gets shared and when. This is

• smsm42 6y ago
  I'm sure there are ways. But can you ensure this specific app, recommended (or mandated) by your government, puts you in control and doesn't try to sneak a quick one past you? What would be the incentive for your government to ensure that instead of making the population much more observable and thus governable under the guise of taking care of your health? It's literally doing work against government interests, and the governments aren't usually very good at that. Same with major companies which just happen to be also major accumulators of stockpiles of tracking and surveillance information about you. Maybe this one they'd lay down their instincts and truly will roll out a perfectly privacy-preserving solution. But could you trust them to do that?
  • 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
    As an example, the one used in Singapore is open source and implements a public standard (bluetrace.io), so you don't even need to trust them, you can check it yourself. And before you ask, yes, people have decompiled the app to verify this.