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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by PaulRobinson on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:28PM (#23074114)
They mentioned a few weeks back that the end goal would be if you had the app it could act as a virtual health passport and you’d be allowed to go out shopping, go to work and the pub, etc. And without it? Stay at home. So yeah, technically voluntary, but, y‘know...
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by ghaff on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:19PM (#23074520)
Install it on a secondary phone? Of course it all depends on how serious the government is and how hard you are willing to work to circumvent controls.
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by parkovski on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:28PM (#23075749)
Just a minor annoyance except of course for those not rich enough to own two phones, but I suppose if you didn't want to be oppressed you should have thought of that before you decided to be born poor, right?
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by iso1210 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:25AM (#23078417)
You can get a cheap android phone and a faraday cage bag for the cost of a night out at the pub
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