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This "spyware" (which even the article title quotes as so) is just a CoViD contact tracing app. It's an app that collects personal information and that was ins

• guelo 4y ago
  It does not collect private information
  • anonymousiam 4y ago
    So, just to clarify your point, are you saying that your personal location information should not be private? Note: I'm not making any claims about the real world where dozens of apps are continuously feeding your location information to various databases.
  • pnw 4y ago
    From the lawsuit: "The exchanged data, both random and non-random, are time-stamped and stored in each device alongside other personal identifiers, including the device owner’s MAC address, wireless network IP addresses, phone numbers, and personal emails. When this stored data is written onto mobile devices’ system logs, it becomes available to DPH, Google, application developers, device manufacturers, network providers, and other third parties with access to the logs. DPH and third parties can use the MAC address of a device owner and other personal identifiers to trace the logged data back to determine the individual identity of the owners."
    • guelo 4y ago
      This is the biggest bs in the lawsuit. We're supposed to be worried that the user will unknowingly transmit their data when the user files a bug report that requires them to send the system logcat. I've been an android user for over 10 years and have never sent logcat dump to anyone