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several people still remember the Stasi and they don't want a state controlled app to monitor their movement. If you want your app to have the biggest installat

several people still remember the Stasi and they don't want a state controlled app to monitor their movement. If you want your app to have the biggest installation base (without asking for a mandatory installation) you can't ask for user location, with it enabled fewer people will install it

88840-8855 6y ago
... the same people that shop on amazon, use "payback" (a shopping monitoring system), post crap on facebook and enjoy google's personalisation. Please, mate, this is just populism what you are doing there.
- adriancr 6y ago
  I take it you haven't lived under a communist regime? There's a difference between what you share willingly and stuff being collected on you, especially in private matters.
- neuronic 6y ago
  My family was directly affected by Stasi. I care about what the government knows and what it can do to you. I constantly have 2-3 low risk exposure notifications. But it doesn't matter where they happened since I already know that I am carefully avoiding risky areas. I am sitting next to my window when working and people walk past that window within 2 meters. That alone could set off exposure notifications. Or maybe someone across the aisle in the supermarket? Would I not go to the supermarket if I know it happened there? Would I not go for a walk if I knew someone 8 meters away from me on some bench was later diagnosed with COVID? It barely serves any purpose at all outside of curiosity. The app already tells you everything you need to know.
- fogihujy 6y ago
  Please don't compare anti-consumer behaviour of US mega-corporations with the atrocities that intelligence services behind the Iron Curtain committed on their own peoples. It's simply not in the same ballpark.
- imtringued 6y ago
  Not everyone shops on amazon but everyone would have to install a government mandated app. You're overgeneralizing every human.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
    What if I have no app-capable smart and mobile device? Does the government provide me with one? Do I get an electronic ankle bracelet instead? What about a collar?
    - joejerryronnie 6y ago
      Government mandated implants are more efficient
      - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
        Can't wait to have this https://www.foxnews.com/story/saudi-killer-chip-implant-would-track-eliminate-undesirables https://www.foxnews.com/story/saudi-killer-chip-implant-woul... can you? :)
- dantheman 6y ago
  There's a huge difference between the government and private organizations.

88840-8855 6y ago

... the same people that shop on amazon, use "payback" (a shopping monitoring system), post crap on facebook and enjoy google's personalisation. Please, mate, this is just populism what you are doing there.

adriancr 6y ago
I take it you haven't lived under a communist regime? There's a difference between what you share willingly and stuff being collected on you, especially in private matters.
neuronic 6y ago
My family was directly affected by Stasi. I care about what the government knows and what it can do to you. I constantly have 2-3 low risk exposure notifications. But it doesn't matter where they happened since I already know that I am carefully avoiding risky areas. I am sitting next to my window when working and people walk past that window within 2 meters. That alone could set off exposure notifications. Or maybe someone across the aisle in the supermarket? Would I not go to the supermarket if I know it happened there? Would I not go for a walk if I knew someone 8 meters away from me on some bench was later diagnosed with COVID? It barely serves any purpose at all outside of curiosity. The app already tells you everything you need to know.
fogihujy 6y ago
Please don't compare anti-consumer behaviour of US mega-corporations with the atrocities that intelligence services behind the Iron Curtain committed on their own peoples. It's simply not in the same ballpark.
imtringued 6y ago
Not everyone shops on amazon but everyone would have to install a government mandated app. You're overgeneralizing every human.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  What if I have no app-capable smart and mobile device? Does the government provide me with one? Do I get an electronic ankle bracelet instead? What about a collar?
  - joejerryronnie 6y ago
    Government mandated implants are more efficient
    - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
      Can't wait to have this https://www.foxnews.com/story/saudi-killer-chip-implant-would-track-eliminate-undesirables https://www.foxnews.com/story/saudi-killer-chip-implant-woul... can you? :)
dantheman 6y ago
There's a huge difference between the government and private organizations.