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I still don't know why Cell Broadcast isn't employed, even through it would solve a lot of the problems of using an app. Someone on reddit wrote the BBK and the
by skitter 6y ago
I still don't know why Cell Broadcast isn't employed, even through it would solve a lot of the problems of using an app. Someone on reddit wrote the BBK and their answer effectively stated that it isn't used because it isn't used.
- dewey 6y agoIn the Spiegel article they cited privacy issues (apparently the app doesn't have that...) which was later changed to "the big telecoms in Germany don't offer that service".
- netsharc 6y agoFefe has a post (in German) about that, and the first excuse was uttered by someone in a high position who despite his job title apparently knew nothing about what he was talking about, and that the paragraph with the excuse got changed, after "the censor returned from peeing": http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=a1a72533 http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=a1a72533
- mschuster91 6y agoOr rather, after some public outrage on Twitter about said incompetency.
- BjoernKW 6y agoIn Germany, unfortunately "something about privacy" seems to have become the default argument against anything that a party either can't or doesn't want to implement for one reason or another. Strangely enough, privacy concerns are rarely raised when it comes to paper-based processes or obsolete technologies such as fax, which authorities still feel comfortable with.
- lxgr 6y agoJust to clarify for everyone not familiar with how cell broadcast works: It's entirely passive/unacknowledged, much like IP multicast on a local link (without IGMP). The risk it poses to users' privacy is about the same as that of an FM radio receiver.
- Bayart 6y agoEuropean countries are lagging behind with cell broadcast, even though it's perfectly compatible with GDPR and most local legislation. But AFAIK it's going to be mandatory EU-wide starting in 2022.