Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app

Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app by rkk3 on Monday February 14, 2022 @07:45PM (#30340937)

> Covid apps [...] They're completely optional and it's temporary

If wanting to enter a local business is "optional" and as the saying goes nothing is quite so permanent as a temporary government program.

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Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app by Nextgrid on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:05PM (#30341141)

Most Covid certificates can be printed or accessed via a web browser - just screenshot/save that and you're good to go. I did this in the UK though I believe I've only ever had to use it once.

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Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app by lucb1e on Monday February 14, 2022 @08:16PM (#30341249)

Please see the first sentence of my comment again. Which country, which government? If I may say so, I doubt your word that this is an actual requirement anywhere in the world (let alone commonplace), considering the smartphone incidence among the elderly.

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Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app by xeromal on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:57PM (#30342961)

Singapore

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Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app by prmoustache on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @03:46AM (#30344140)

Any decent government allowed you to print the qrcode.

By the way were I live almost everybody has a smartphone but a lot of people just don't even knew where to find the correct app or how to get access to the covid euro passport from the app as a lot of people have been waiting for hours in front of the medical center to get their cert in paper. Many took a picture of it to present it from their smartphone later.

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