The coronamuzzle will pass. What won't is the contact tracing apps that will soon become mandatory on all cellphones, and that will be run by the fascist combination of government and Big Data.
You are already being tracked by your phone unless it is off (or, possibly in a faraday cage). Law enforcement can access the data with a warrant. But the cell companies, they have the data.
Apple and google came up with a clever way to do the contact tracing without tracking anybody. It involves exchanging rotating unique pseudo-random ID codes with other phones via bluetooth. If you test positive, then all your codes get published (just the codes.. not your name). All the other phones that have come into c
But Americans are now so resistant to this type of contact tracing that I doubt very much it will ever happen
Yes, we are. Why?
We don't trust the corporations. We don't trust the government that's supposed to regulate the corporations. And we don't trust the technology or the technologists behind the contact tracing.
Sure, the contact tracing technology would be used, at first, to keep a pandemic under control. What happens after? Once that power is in place, do you think it won't be used for other things? Do you think it won't be abused? Today we keep tabs on the infected to prevent them from spreading a virus. Tom
Sure, the contact tracing technology would be used, at first, to keep a pandemic under control. What happens after? Once that power is in place, do you think it won't be used for other things? Do you think it won't be abused?
People are ignorant of the technology. "Contact tracing" is an API, you can write your own app. You never send any data to the API unless you choose to after getting infected.
Anyone who is worried about this contact tracing API but not worried about carrying a cell phone that actually does track them is a moron, or at least ignorant of the technology. The contact tracing API doesn't track you.
muzzled (Score:-1, Insightful)
The Corona muzzle is the new swastika. The greatest symbol of inhuman tyranny in our lifetimes.
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The coronamuzzle will pass. What won't is the contact tracing apps that will soon become mandatory on all cellphones, and that will be run by the fascist combination of government and Big Data.
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You are already being tracked by your phone unless it is off (or, possibly in a faraday cage). Law enforcement can access the data with a warrant. But the cell companies, they have the data.
Apple and google came up with a clever way to do the contact tracing without tracking anybody. It involves exchanging rotating unique pseudo-random ID codes with other phones via bluetooth. If you test positive, then all your codes get published (just the codes.. not your name). All the other phones that have come into c
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But Americans are now so resistant to this type of contact tracing that I doubt very much it will ever happen
Yes, we are. Why?
We don't trust the corporations. We don't trust the government that's supposed to regulate the corporations. And we don't trust the technology or the technologists behind the contact tracing.
Sure, the contact tracing technology would be used, at first, to keep a pandemic under control. What happens after? Once that power is in place, do you think it won't be used for other things? Do you think it won't be abused? Today we keep tabs on the infected to prevent them from spreading a virus. Tom
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Sure, the contact tracing technology would be used, at first, to keep a pandemic under control. What happens after? Once that power is in place, do you think it won't be used for other things? Do you think it won't be abused?
People are ignorant of the technology. "Contact tracing" is an API, you can write your own app. You never send any data to the API unless you choose to after getting infected.
Anyone who is worried about this contact tracing API but not worried about carrying a cell phone that actually does track them is a moron, or at least ignorant of the technology. The contact tracing API doesn't track you.
Re:muzzled (Score:2)
I don't think you understand what an API is.
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