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ifthenorelse
6y ago
The government says that if you are party to a (genuine or false) transmission event, you will be contacted by phone, but you will not be told the name of the person who tested positive to the virus. So how will you know if the event is ge
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ifthenorelse
6y ago
Bluetooth penetrates walls, and travels some distance in all directions, so it will also record a lot of false transmission events, for example in blocks of units, offices, and on public transport. Most transmissions are to immediate family
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ifthenorelse
6y ago
Yes, and presumably the scores of bureaucrats / administrators / call centre operators in all States and Territories accessing the database will read / write to the server via a separate application. So we need the code for
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ifthenorelse
6y ago
Agreed -- trust has to be earned, but definitely hasn't been. Quite the opposite. I thought it was very unfortunate that the Australian Nurses' Association was asked to provide their endorsement of the government BS spin at the
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ifthenorelse
6y ago
Yes, and Scotty will use the crisis to lower company tax and regulations, whilst thousands of poor souls line up at Centrelink. It's sad. The app is poorly conceived and probably useless. This is how we sleepwalk into a surveillance