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Apple, Google Bring Covid-19 Contact-Tracing to 3B People (bloomberg.com)
4 points by miiiiiike on April 10, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



> Consent is required and location data is not collected. The technology also won’t notify users who they came into contact with, or where that happened. The companies said they can’t see this data either, and noted that the whole system can be shut down when needed.

I feel reassured now. Everyone else fine with this?


Cool, now you get to pick between "opt into being spied on by surveillance capitalism to protect your family" and "retain your privacy but ostensibly put your family at risk". Nice dilemma!




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