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		mrob on April 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan As the Apple/Google system shows, it's possible to do contact tracing without sacrificing privacy. The blame is entirely with the UK government, not anybody who takes the reasonable step of refusing to support unnecessarily harmful technology.

9HZZRfNlpR on April 27, 2020 [–]

They won't show it on practice, no one can bet it. Read source but what is on the phone. Just take their word? Phones are locked down devices.

azinman2 on April 28, 2020 | [–]

Apple / Google already have control of your phone in this regard to begin with. So why is the contact tracing framework such an issue?

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