Re:TracePrivately – open-source sample app using Apple's con...
by sneak on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:01PM
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> and obviously it needs to be mandatory to be useful
That's not only not-obvious, I don't even believe it's true. Contact tracing is useful even if only 50% of the population uses such a system. (Remember, not everyone even has a smartphone.)
It would be business suicide to force such a choice on users. I'd throw my iPhone into the nearest river if a system update forced it upon me, even if I trust the system and would have opted in.
That's not only not-obvious, I don't even believe it's true. Contact tracing is useful even if only 50% of the population uses such a system. (Remember, not everyone even has a smartphone.)
It would be business suicide to force such a choice on users. I'd throw my iPhone into the nearest river if a system update forced it upon me, even if I trust the system and would have opted in.