Reply to post: Re: One more time

NHS contact tracing app isn't really anonymous, is riddled with bugs, and is open to abuse. Good thing we're not in the middle of a pandemic, eh?

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Re: One more time

>> And we can assume they know this, but they are either too stupid and incompetent to understand the implications of their actions or they just don't care.

Or they realise the golden opportunity here - to data collect at a scale that would be utterly impossible impossible without a crisis. This enables Palantir/Faculty in a way nothing else other than an acquisition by Google could.

They are looking at this well beyond covid.

Indeed look at how you framed it - sticking up for your privacy will kill people - so do the socially responsible thing. 'We're in this together". 'Install the app. Save lives"

Most news outlets would consider it unwise to crtique the app - it is 'saving lives'.

I believe this strategy will succeed for the majority of the population and secure the installed base for data sets of the UK population.

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