I had the same reaction, a central authority having full knowledge about your whereabouts in a post Snowden era is unlikely to achieve success outside of Singap

I had the same reaction, a central authority having full knowledge about your whereabouts in a post Snowden era is unlikely to achieve success outside of Singapore. Here's one thing to ponder, we use apps like Waze (now owned by Google IIRC) voluntarily without so much of a backlash. I don't know how Waze uses my collected data, what makes a elected government any worse?