> It’s alarming to me how so many in tech seem welcoming of, even excited for, this technology.
It gets contact tracing right by accomplishing the goal while yielding almost no ground on privacy and remaining almost entirely offline. In an ideal world, all new technologies would be implemented in such a focused manner without regard for turning a profit.
I'm puzzled by your concern about normalization of self-surveillance; everyone I know has already voluntarily made drastic alterations to their behaviors due to current circumstances. I really don't see what introduction of this technology changes.
> who’s to say an emphasis will remain on privacy in future iterations of the technology?
If people don't object to widespread state surveillance later, would they have objected now? I don't see why a decentralized technology specifically built to prevent surveillance should lead to an increase in acceptance of it.
It gets contact tracing right by accomplishing the goal while yielding almost no ground on privacy and remaining almost entirely offline. In an ideal world, all new technologies would be implemented in such a focused manner without regard for turning a profit.
I'm puzzled by your concern about normalization of self-surveillance; everyone I know has already voluntarily made drastic alterations to their behaviors due to current circumstances. I really don't see what introduction of this technology changes.
> who’s to say an emphasis will remain on privacy in future iterations of the technology?
If people don't object to widespread state surveillance later, would they have objected now? I don't see why a decentralized technology specifically built to prevent surveillance should lead to an increase in acceptance of it.