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Re:Massachusetts health notifications app installed without ... by dragonwriter on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:22AM (#27559336)
> If Google can lawfully install arbitrary apps on ordinary users' phones

Of the partners in this, I think that the source of authority waa almost certainly the other one. It’s not Google, but the State of Massachusetts, whose authority is likely involved.

Re:Massachusetts health notifications app installed without ... by notacoward on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:26AM (#27561295)
That also means it's going to be hard to sue over this, because the courts where you might do so are part of the same Commonwealth that authorized the action. Even if you could get a case on the docket, they'd just say the magic words "sovereign immunity" and it would disappear.