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How was the app marketed? Is there any T and C? Doesn't this imply willful lying of government to its citizens. What's the guarantee that they aren't doing the
by YetAnotherNick 5y ago
How was the app marketed? Is there any T and C?
Doesn't this imply willful lying of government to its citizens. What's the guarantee that they aren't doing the same with contact tracing apps or other necessary apps?
- rexreed 5y agoThe app was an inside job. It wasn't marketed. This was an app made for criminals, developed by the FBI and others. It wasn't put on an app store for non-targeted criminal users to use.
- lupire 5y agoYes, the government allows itself to lie. The CIA famously abused a polio vaccine campaign to spy on people, possibly killing many people indirectly. The guarantee on contact tracing aps is your trust that Apple and Google made them government-proof as they promised.
- hdhjebebeb 5y agoI don't think you should be downvoted, but the polio campaign was lying to citizens of other countries, not domestically, which I think is the crucial distinction here.
- SiempreViernes 5y agoEh, how about the reasons for the Iraq war, or the nice brochures the AEC gave the people of Utah about the innocent fairy dust raining down on them from the atmospheric Nuclear Tests in Nevada ?
- vertis 5y agoJust a reminder, the internet is global. Many people on HN, aren't from the US. Many aren't even from 5-Eyes countries. This distinction is a bit shit. If US wants to portay itself as leader of the free world, it needs to stop acting like a them and us set of rules.
- pwned1 5y ago> Doesn't this imply willful lying of government to its citizens. What's the guarantee that they aren't doing the same with contact tracing apps or other necessary apps? It should be the default to expect government to be lying to its citizens.