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I suspect the bigger issue is people don't want to be told by an app that they need to go get tested.
Come to think of it, cities like New York could push it as part of a bigger, more comprehensive covid app...
If this gets any sort of public traction it'll be built in to shop doorways, public transport, police cars, and street lights within a couple of months.
I was under the impression many private sector companies have already deployed these tools. Just a matter of companies buying/implementing them.
I guess it's not more well-known because it's not in the stores interests to publicize it.
Can't wait to be tracked by tech developed by a governmental team in the name of safety. Opensource or not a leash is a leash.
My intuition is that rapid adoption of a relatively transparent privacy-preseving option could preempt more heavy-handed approaches to what could be a very valuable public health intervention.
If this gets any sort of public traction it'll be built in to shop doorways, public transport, police cars, and street lights within a couple of months.
Yeah, in a new york minute. This is already built into iOS in their newer Find My Phone. The carriers also know who and where we are just need to add in covid testing data. The problem is that even if it is decentralized and OSS, then the average user can't/won't install it. If it is simple and easy (centralized), then it becomes a honey pot for the government.
What the hell, I hate Bluetooth now?
Can't wait to be tracked by tech developed by a governmental team in the name of safety. Opensource or not a leash is a leash.
I'm curious as a non-expert what's specifically worrying about their privacy model? My intuition is that rapid adoption of a relatively transparent privacy-preseving option could preempt more heavy-handed approaches to what could be a very valuable public health intervention.
These privacy exceptions all affected goverments are talking about (Italy being a great example, viz. Veneto region governor asking for a change in privacy laws the other day) are not going to magically disappear once the coast is clear, just like post 9/11 emergency laws still being used in the US.
I believe there are other ways to help people and that, if you are a government that claims having to resort to remote control its popoulation, maybe your power is either insufficient for your secret expansion goals or you're an inefficient populist.
Every (western) government publicly hates the Chinese government but they do seem to have wet dreams about the population control bit, especially when backed by corporations.
Can't wait to be tracked by tech developed by a governmental team in the name of safety. Opensource or not a leash is a leash.
Can't wait to be tracked by tech developed by a governmental team in the name of safety. Opensource or not a leash is a leash.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was under the impression many private sector companies have already deployed these tools. Just a matter of companies buying/implementing them.
Yes, visit tracking has been around for years. Here is one product ( https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6100636?hl=en ), I assume there are many more. I guess it's not more well-known because it's not in the stores interests to publicize it.