Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their contact-tracing system

Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by Traster on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:20PM (#23073416)

I think this is actually quite innovative from the Uk government, take the existing NHS brand which has been a thorn in the side of the Conservatives for decades, co-opt the brand for dodgy spy software thta not only tarnishes the NHS brand, but also continues the UK government attempt at tracking every step every citizen takes.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by mantap on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:37PM (#23073609)

I don't think that's what they're doing. Intersection of people who care about privacy and people who wouldn't see through that tactic is tiny.

They are using the NHS brand to get high adoption.

Plus the UK govt slogan right now is literally "protect the NHS", the existing Conservative party opposition to the NHS is basically gone now, hopefully for good.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by pjc50 on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:50PM (#23073743)

> Plus the UK govt slogan right now is literally "protect the NHS", the existing Conservative party opposition to the NHS is basically gone now, hopefully for good.

One does not follow from the other. Slogans substitute for competency and funding. The opposition is both ideological and directly financially motivated, so I expect the fragmentary privatization to continue.

Watch out for a "now we must pay for coronavirus" user surcharge appearing ...

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by HenryBemis on Monday May 04, 2020 @05:30PM (#23073539)

I remember the desperate efforts of Theresa May to pass the snoopers charter for such a long time. And when she became a PM it was on the top of her list, and she did it. And now with that unethical filthy blob as a PM, I only expect the worse of him and his lackeys..

IMHO Apple and Google should have finished the job and "volunteer" to make the app as well as "donate" some of the storages for the data. Not that I trust US companies to respect anyone's privacy, or to the fact that a gag order stapled to a subpoena would give all that data to the "5 eyes"(now 14-15).

I like my health as much as the next living human. But there are so many governments that will jump on this opportunity that it makes me want to avoid this app.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by DanBC on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:56PM (#23074349)

> I remember the desperate efforts of Theresa May to pass the snoopers charter for such a long time. And when she became a PM it was on the top of her list, and she did it.

RIPA was passed in the year 2000 under a Labour government when Jack Straw was Home Secretary.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by HenryBemis on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:27AM (#23079241)

Are we talking about the same snoopers charter?

From the independent's website dated 19/11/2016:

The Snooper's Charter passed into law this week – say goodbye to your privacy

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/snoopers-charter-theres...

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