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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by sharken on Saturday August 07, 2021 @04:10AM (#28096799)
Exactly. It's the same argument when Corona contact-tracing was discussed and later implemented.

First using paper forms and later using apps.

Why would you object to limiting the spread of the Coronavirus ?

Fast forward to the present where law enforcement in Germany, Australia and Singapore have used contact-tracing for other purposes.

So no to this plan from Apple, they must discard all plans of client-side scanning and instead increase their privacy stance.

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by mung on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:43AM (#28097241)
Could you please expand on the other uses of contact tracing in those countries?
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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by mung on Sunday August 08, 2021 @11:44PM (#28112555)
Thank you, that was very thorough and enlightening.
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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by xdennis on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:57PM (#28100496)
> Fast forward to the present where law enforcement in Germany, Australia and Singapore have used contact-tracing for other purposes.

I don't understand how people were so naive to install those applications. I did the exact opposite: whipped my phone and bought two cheap ones so I can separate my calling phone (which I leave home), from my media phone (no connections), and my GPS phone (no connections aside from GPS and turned off most of the time).

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