DO. NOT. WANT.

...initially, this Bluetooth transfer of data to nearby phones will be opt-in, but "companies will work on building tracing functionality into the underlying operating system". Once that& #39;s there, it& #39;s there and will NEVER go away again. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app">https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10...
This is a civil liberties NIGHTMARE, not to mention the thought of unsolicited, unstoppable data transfer to/from stranger& #39;s devices makes me want to dip my phone in electronic bleach.
Yes, contact tracing is critical to stopping SARS-CoV-2, but if you think governments and law enforcement won& #39;t use this, you& #39;re deluding yourself. Why do you think China already HAD a system like this? What about the next HIV, with a social stigma? What about dissidents?
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