Re:NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan
by mytailorisrich on Monday April 27, 2020 @02:01PM
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What is the issue with privacy?
The point is to get a list of close contacts, if needed (someone has tested positive), for a limited period of time (until the epidemic has ended).
The privacy issue is minimal, certainly compared to the situation we are in.
Do you really think that the government will go over these data to find out that you tend to have close contacts with your neighbour's wife very often? Let's keep a sense of proportion and let's calm down. This is getting very irrational.
Anyway, since they do not seem to be willing to make contact tracing mandatory, these apps will remain a curiosity until this is over. Then historians will be able to debate whether this was all a distraction or a costly lack of political courage.
The point is to get a list of close contacts, if needed (someone has tested positive), for a limited period of time (until the epidemic has ended).
The privacy issue is minimal, certainly compared to the situation we are in.
Do you really think that the government will go over these data to find out that you tend to have close contacts with your neighbour's wife very often? Let's keep a sense of proportion and let's calm down. This is getting very irrational.
Anyway, since they do not seem to be willing to make contact tracing mandatory, these apps will remain a curiosity until this is over. Then historians will be able to debate whether this was all a distraction or a costly lack of political courage.