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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by oefrha on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:47AM (#26957540)
Great, this “issue” is irrelevant to you and your off-topic rant adds exactly nothing to this discussion of a clearly defined risk. For other people who have made a relevant device choice, the point stands that it’s a non-issue since there’s no additional risk.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by domnomnom on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:37PM (#26959732)
As someone in a similar boat without an android, I think it adds to the discussion. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to see such rants.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by procombo on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:40PM (#26958303)
Hardly. Your privacy also depends on what devices your neighbors use. Bluetooth/Wifi/etc packet broadcast, etc. Apple does _some_ things to midigate privacy risks for their users, but not enough.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by heavyset_go on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:26PM (#26960316)
This. My wireless networks, MAC addresses etc are collected on Google's end by my neighbors' Google devices for things like advanced location tracking.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by tekknik on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:54AM (#26968765)
But note that now Apple has fake mac addresses (for wifi though) for this reason.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by heavyset_go on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:53PM (#26972748)
Google's advanced location tracking logs access point ESSIDs and MAC addresses. Whatever Apple is doing won't stop that.
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Re:Google promised its contact tracing app was completely pr... by dylan604 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:56PM (#26961432)
Actually, Google and Apple teamed up on a contact tracing concept. Even when it was first annouced, the fact that G was attached meant that I wasn't interested. Apple's involvement only lessened the distrust slightly to me, but not enough for me to want to bother with it.
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