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hrasyid on March 27, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Singapore to Open Source Bluetooth Contact Tracing

> You can only surrender your rights once, the effects of losing those rights will last forever

With an app like tracetogether, you can just uninstall it after the pandemic, right? No need to surrender your rights forever.

Proziam on March 27, 2020 [–]

Until the government decides that it's in the public's best interest that such an application be installed on every phone, and non-removable.

We already have NSA / Tech company "collaboration" so this is hardly a huge step in terms of tech or privacy invasion. It would just be the next step.

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