Thread by @MsAmyMacPherson, WORST possible development in #COVID19 pandemic must be stopped in #CDNpoliApple & [...]

WORST possible development in #COVID19 pandemic must be stopped in #CDNpoli

Apple & Google to siphon 3 billion health records & track everyone& #39;s location + contacts 24/7. Those private records are then broadcast to general public

TELUS e-health must end https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/apple-google-bring-covid-19-contact-tracing-to-3-billion-people">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...

Apple, Google Bring Covid-19 Contact-Tracing to 3 Billion People

Apple Inc. and Google unveiled a rare partnership to add technology to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact with a person with Covid-19. People must opt in...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-10/apple-google-bring-covid-19-contact-tracing-to-3-billion-people

2/9 In response to some of your suggestions & articles that say a #COVID19 tracing app wouldn& #39;t harm Canadian privacy & security, I have more to contribute in the following posts #CDNpoli

RE This, see entries 3-9 in this thread https://twitter.com/SteveRickettsSP/status/1249081743191097344">https://twitter.com/SteveRick...

https://twitter.com/SteveRickettsSP/status/1249081743191097344

3/9 It& #39;s written by someone in a conflict of interest, with no experience in privacy, security, &/or health data issues. The author stands to gain financially from posting what he did. Also, Case is a game developer & Troncoso thinks the cloud is secure

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4/9 What they failed to research & share is that Canada& #39;s e-health records are already unsecure & we have an epidemic of hospitals falling prey to ransomware for their entire patient databases. This #COVID19 program would increase vulnerability by exponential magnitude #CDNpoli

5/9 They also fail to mention everyone working at a tech firm involved in the proposed #COVID19 tracing app will be able to see patient messages in an unencrypted form. Hasty & unregulated, we have no control over what they do with our private info & no legal oversight in Canada

6/9 Those people in tech firms include everyone employed at Google & Apple

Google& #39;s biz model is to profit from selling our private data & they were banned from working in Canadian e-health because they store their data in the US where Canadians have zero privacy/security rights

7/9 Whereas Apple is located in China, where no people have privacy or security rights

Canada & the United States remain locked in a bitter battle with no end in sight, regarding the Chinese govt& #39;s control of all biz data in its country & constant theft of our data + hacking

8/9 Canadian privacy & security, especially regarding e-health & banking, is a topic I& #39;ve been working on for 12 yrs

I bet you didn& #39;t know Canada only has 25 officers even able to investigate breaches across our entire country & that 99% of cases are ignored due to no resources

9/9 Moreover, this represents mission creep for govt surveillance. Although police can& #39;t investigate our countless privacy breaches that have no criminal consequence, this COVID19 tracing app constitutes manufactured public consent to circumvent Charter rights & need for warrants

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