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Re:Smartphone contact tracing has failed everywhere by raverbashing on Saturday July 25, 2020 @11:02AM (#23949700)
So, theoretical attack relying on non-existing deployments to get a person's past position, even with several other ways of obtaining the same information (for example: cell tower tracing, collecting info from cameras, cctv, card purchases, etc)

Thanks I think I'll keep using the app

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Re:Smartphone contact tracing has failed everywhere by fwn on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:01PM (#23950172)
Our parents did not write that you shouldn't use some app.

There was a very specific claim about the Google/Apple approach and its usefulness for surveillance and someone objected by teasing a possible pathway for using proximity tracing for surveillance.

One can acknowledge an approaches inherent risks without making absolute judgements about the approach in general.

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