Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for criminal investigations

Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by roenxi on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:54AM (#25629738)

Meh. If the Singaporian government thinks the police force should have contact tracing information then the police force shall have it. How v1 of an app was designed doesn't matter. Either Google folds and changes the design to suit or they move to a new app provider.

If it is acceptable to use the data for contract tracing for, what exactly is the argument that the government should be using data for contract tracing but not other law enforcement? I can imagine a few arguments, but they all seem weak. The contract-tracing-by-app can of worms shouldnh't have been opened.

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Re:Singapore says contact tracing data may be used for crimi... by fossuser on Monday January 04, 2021 @06:03AM (#25629800)

I don’t disagree, Singapore specifically leans a little authoritarian and doesn’t really care about the privacy preservation. I was thinking more for countries that have stronger privacy protections or culture around individual rights.

In those countries a lot of people dismissed the Google/Apple approach without understanding it which lead to a privacy worse approach that’s also less effective.

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